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Today at the hives we found brood in the super - thought perhaps this was because the queen had managed to get the wrong side of the excluder, but then found her in the brood box. She's quite a chubby queen, we didn't even mark her as she sticks out like a sore thumb. There's no way she could...

Something didn't seem right with one of my (4) gives today. What do you think does it look like EFB? Put a matchstick in and they didn't come out stringy. But the brood looked undernourished and milky.

Hello, I got stung for the first time this season on the finger and as usual my hand has swollen to three times its usual size. This time the swelling has extended past the wrist. Based on past experience it will stay like this for most of the week. I've been prescribed strong antihistamines...

We recently requeened an aggressive hive. Took all the steps needed and waited the ten days before revisiting. On inspection today we had mixed messages. The bees were completely different - calm and pleasant to work with. But - we saw no queen or eggs or larvae anywhere. We'll check again next...

I have a very aggressive hive that made a super of honey. Last week I decided to bite the bullet and replace the queen so disposed of her and waited until this week to check there were queen cells. On the same inspection last week I also moved round the two supers so the fully capped one nearer...

I was wondering what your thoughts are on how much aggression you're willing to take from your bees. At what point do you think re-queening is the way forward, or do you have any other tricks? One of the hives I keep seems to be getting worse. They try to sting several times on every visit...

Hello, I am new to beekeeping and hope you can give me some advice. I got a nuc late in the season, around July, it's done really and is now built up to around 9 frames, they have plenty of space. I had a quick look at it today and saw that the girls had created two play cups, it was hard to...