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I got quite a large amount of Rape honey in spring from a couple of my apairies, reading on the tinternet they talk about seeding with creamed honey but can I blend it with himalayan balsam honey from a later crop at my other sites or do I have seed it as recommended to get the smooth non...

Hi Folks, I still have several wet frames left from last season where they have pollen stores or nectar still in (some of them are loaded) - Should I wait a few weeks or wait for 'T-Shirt Weather' before applying in a couple of weeks or so??? All colonies are on Neopoll so won't be starving...

Hi Folks, One of my better colonies seems to have succumbed to Nosema over the winter as it was seemingly doing very well... also hefted with loads of stores, and I'd also provided fondant if they needed it (along with Kingspan insulation)... However, I checked them the other day and they're a...

Hi folks, I got a call to attend to a swarm on the edge of a gatepost tonight and have put them in a Paynes polynuc with 4 frames of foundation and they seemed to be the most placid bees I've ever come across so would really like to over winter them if at all possible and breed Queens from them...

Hi I would normally have extracted from all my colonies by now but 2 in particular as still bringing a lot of flow in due to the mild weather we're having in Lancashire this week.... I'm mindful of the required winter prep and feeding follow extraction but wondered what is the latest any other...

Ran a couple of virgin Queens into 2 hives which have been q- for the last few days tonight but wondering if they will be accepted... Any tips on this or nothing to worry about?

I've been experimenting with putting the varroa board into my open mesh floors hives and noticed vast differences in terms of development from 3 seams of bees in a national brood box to 8 seams within a week. They all seem to be outperforming the hives with omf and this is working perfectly for...

I've got a few colonies in Pay*es poly nucs which I've been using as part of my artificial swarming control and now need to combine them back with Nationals, does anyone have any tips around doing this as the polys all have welded in mesh floors and are obviously a different size to the cedar...

Hi does anyone have any advice whether it is possible to insure your hives against theft? I'm guessing not as they're in open fields but wondered if it's possible as I've now got 9 in out apiaries and have the usual Bee Disease Insurance but wondered if there was cover available if they went...

I've had to As most of my colonies the last few days but wondered in order that honey production isn't affected unduly is it best to recombine the hives after a week or so (making sure I keep the preferred Queen) and does anyone have advice about how to keep the yields up after an As? I'm being...

I've merged a few hives successfully in Autumn but wondered if it is ok to also merge hives in Spring / early spring? The reason I ask is that one of my hives will be on a 3 year old Q if it makes it through the Winter, and rather than re-queen it I have been thinking a merger may be the way to...

Hi Folks, Having had my bees just over a week now I've been feeding them sugar syrup as I was advised to so that they can build up their strength from the nuc. Reading all the books and the net this is also one of the prime times of the year to be treating against varroa as well.... I only...

Hi everyone, after becoming interested in beekeeping last October I finally got some girls just over a week ago.... They're lovely british black honeybees and so far extremely docile :) I've been reading just about everything I can get my hands on for months but you can't beat actually...