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Unfortunately down to miserable weather i have not been as regular at checking my hives. This Saturday just gone I checked the forecast we had 15 degrees plus in the afternoon so i set about my saturday chores part of which meant nipping out for a couple of hours ,, on my return my neighbour...

Hello beeks was hoping someone out there could advise me,, Am hoping to move to Italy later this year, can I take my Bees with me I don't know if there are any laws, rules, quarantine etc ????

Lack of confidence and experience has brought me to the Forum again. last autumn one of my hives consisted of two deep brood boxes and supers they had an excellent summer growing into a massive colony, they have overwintered well and consequently at this moment i have again a huge colony of bees...

Last year I hived a swarm that my neighbour had seen in an apple tree down the road.It wasn't a massive swarm but it had a queen and they seemed healthy and happy in there new home, but even though the queen was laying and new bees hatching out they didn't really grow as a good strong hive so I...

Been reading a lot about this kinda hive lately, and as honey collection is not my prime reason for beeking i feel this hive is a more beneficial and natural way of life for my bees much closer to how wild bees live. But,,, are there any fors and against i should know about from you more...

sunday just gone me n me wife went up to the hives with the intention of requeening a hive with a three year old queen in residence a great hardworking queen steady quite bees for the past two seasons but this spring the girls seem to be on angel dust. So here we are lifting a couple of frames...

Hey Peeps once again im here looking to gleen some more info from this most fantastic wealth of knowledge, Swarming and prevention methods is there a best way to prevent your bees swarming in the first place if so what is it and how do you bring it into effect up to now i have bought swarm...

Need to re-queen my hive this spring , local experienced beekeeper has offered me near native welsh black Queen i really fancy the idea to try and up the local population but am a little concerned that the hive to re-queen is of buck fast queen decent would this be a problem?? inexperience...

Hello to all , I'm new on this forum as i am to beekeeping my first year ,, which may i add is one of the most interesting and satisfying hobbies i have undertaken . question ,, outside the hive the grass underneath seems to have loads of bees clinging to it they all seem a bit lethargic...