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    Post Swarm Advice Please

    Thanks for the replies guys. I obviously misinterpreted the situation and thought that the hive was running out of room for the colony and needed more. Finman. I am not fussed about honey, just making sure the colonies are viable. I bought a nuc late last year and despite it making...
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    Post Swarm Advice Please

    Hi Guys, A few days ago I tried to prevent a swarm by splitting 4 frames out my single hive (which had swarm cells and was going like a train) and placing them in a new hive of 5 frames together with some foam insulation board to restrict the space they needed to manage. I took the...
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    Is This Normal?

    Hi Guys, Thanks for the comments: VM Don't panic .... not panicing (now :) ) The feeder is inaccessible without going through the entrance although there is a little 'drip through' on to the floor under the hive. Nothing but a few ants looking at it though. I know about guard bees doing...
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    Is This Normal?

    Hi Guys, I have just hived a new nuc (1 week ago) and over the past couple of days they seem to have started fighting. There are groups of three or four bees on the alighting board 'having a go' at one bee (the max I've seen is three groups doing this). There are also dead bees out the front...
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    Free bees (in Gloucestershire)

    Hey FG, No worries, I wish Fraise all the best with his new colony. I've got all National kit and quite a few spare bits, so converting to Langstroth at this stage isn't really an option. Thanks for the offer though. I'll just keep watching the email and hope I'll get a message saying my...
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    Free bees (in Gloucestershire)

    Hi FG, I think I fit the discription of 'deperate beginner'. :D The bad weather has caused long delays in the delivery of my first nuc and I'm getting to the point where I don't think it'll arrive. Is there a chance we can discuss the practicalities of me picking one of these colonies up...
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