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At my local assoc. apiary yesterday we had one hive that was charged with queen cells and just bursting at the seams. We quickly did an artificial swarm and removed all the sealed QC's leaving a couple that were not quite capped yet and the larvae inside nice and white. I took some of these QC's...

As today was rather a warm day I decided to go along and have a quick look at my hives to see if there was any sign of movement. 2 of the 3 were going on and out quite the thing but the 3rd wasn't. I decided to have a peek into it and found dead bees strewn along the floor, with what I can only...

I've just read an interesting article in the monthly RHS rag. Beekeeping is now so popular in London that beeks are now being warned there are too many bees too feed. The number of colonies in Greater London has more than doubled in the last 4 years with some areas having more than 150 colonies...

Hello, I am quite new to the site, it is a real treasure trove of ideas. I have been given an old tin honey extractor, it all still works fine but of course food regulations state that they should only be stainless steel or food grade plastic. Is there something that I can spray into the...