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Thought I would start a thread similar to the Dave Cushman thread. Many will remember polyhive on this forum a few years ago. He stopped contributing in order to set up his own site using much of the info from Dave Cushman site as a starting point in order the ensure this resource was not lost...

Would like to buy book that people refer to as 'according to Brother Adam'. There appears to be 3 books: Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey Breeding the honeybee In search of the best strain of honeybee Are people referring to one particular book or to all three.

Was at a nature reserve place today where the ranger ask me about what could be done to save a colony in a tree. The tree is dead and rotten and has to be felled. There is a large colony about 25 feet up in a hollow in the trunk. Not sure it can be cut down in sections as the trunk may be too...

Does mutlipe eggs in many cells definitely mean a laying worker is present?

I just got some comb to set up a brood box to add to one hive. There is some powdery stuff in a few cells. Guessed these were pollen mites so looked at it under the microscope. It was crawling with them. My question is can I use this comb if I wash out the affected cells?

My bee suit smoker and hive tool etc was stolen in Eltham 2 weeks ago. What really pi**es me off though was that they were in my brand new i10 car which was also nowhere to be seen!!:cuss::cuss:

Its time I got my own extractor. Just a few questions: 1. Do these every go on sale? 2. Does anybody know anything about Orient Bee Supplies. Bee hive Supplies has a manual 9 frame radial by them which looks good value at £350 but I am concerned about its quality.

Calderone, N.W. A three-year study of screened bottom boards in the Northeast. Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference (2007) American Bee Journal 147 (5): 436 – 437. Has anybody got this paper or knows where I could get a copy (without paying). Apparently (according to...

By girls don't seem to read the books. I wanted to give more brood space as they were running out of space, so put a second national box under to existing one. They have almost filled a super so put another one on as well. I put it under as last year I put brood on top and it was packed with...

2 colonies died out over winter and there is some brown streaks on the frames. I am assuming nosema so am cleaning out thoroughly. Can I test for nosema with bees that have been dead for several weeks or on the bee pooh itself? If I treat the empty frames with acetic acid I assume I can...

Went to an out apiary today and a hive had about 50-100 dead bees outside it. Everything else seemed fine. They have been treated with apiguard. Could it be the cold, possibly the thymol smell or is does it indicate something is wrong?

I have just received my pains national nuc box. I will be tranferring a small colony (a late cast swarm) into it tomorrow as it still look warm around here (but getting cold by the weekend). But I want to continue feeidng them. If I put syrup in the feeder and they don't use it would I have...

A couple of my hives has a few smears of bee pooh. Should I be concerned about this? They are being feed thymolated syrup if this has ant bearing on things

Want to get some poly national nuc boxed & full size hive Pa*nes do both. Mbeekeeping does only full size hive. Which are best and what are the other options?

Has anybody used Bickerstaff Buckfast queens? They seem alot cheaper than other but are they poorer quality than others?

I have a colony which is building queen cells. They are pretty crowded 7/8 frames of brood in a standard national box. They have 2 supers on 1 is almost full the other is completely untouched and they seem reluctant to use it. My thoughts have been to do an artifical swarm. However my...

Hi, There is a vineyard up the road from me. Is this good forage for bees??

If I want to move a hive say 10 feet can I do can I do this by moving them 3 feet a day until in a new location or do I have to wait longer between each step?