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Please could you help. it appears I have laying workers ,there is drone brood in worker sells . I have tried taken a frame of brood with eggs in all stages from my other small colony and added to the drone laying colony on the hope they will form a new queen but they have not done a thing...

hi forum just another newbee question . how long should you leave osr honey sitting in the frames , one supper is nearly full apart from two frames they are still working . some of the frames have not fully been capped yet. am i right to say that they dont always cap osr? any advise would be a...

Hi wondered if any one give me a bit of advice .when inspecting my hive last week I found several queen cells a couple was sealed but the rest was open with no eggs. I found the queen and put her in a nuc with bees and two frames of food with queen and sealed brood in the middle filled the...

Can anyone help I have 2 national hives both facing south one I purchased about 7weeks ago and the other one a day or so ago from mike lane who is a member on here. I Set up mikes hive the other day and placed 5 frames from nuc box and 5 new frames (only a small colony) in hive with a...

hi i keep reading about manuka honey and being a new bee i have not got a clue how to go about makeing it. could any one give me a clue how to go about it many thanks dale.