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I have reduced the entrance, in what will soon be my only hive, as I have noticed a lot of wasps around (I have a failing hive that the wasps are entering) I was just wondering if I have done the right thing as the bees may need to ventilate the hive and the smaller entrance will become a bottle...

I split my hive to try and prevent a swarm - half the hive was brought to a friends. The other half, that remained, swarmed anyway ( I now know what I did wrong) I have brought back the other half and they are going well. What remained of the other half had QCs so I left them to get on with it...

I was wondering about the arguments for and against insulating hives. I am leaning towards making the insulated cover as designed by Derekm but I have also read that cold weather in winter is good for bees as it kills some pathogens and enforces a period of rest for the queen. My other worry is...

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I split a hive in an attemp to prevent a swarm on the 22nd May and brought have with BIAS and two sealed QCs to a friends garden (I now know what I did wrong) My friend reported seeing a mating flight over 3 weeks ago. I brought the hive back yesterday evening and had a look today. I was...

My bees clustered to swarm on the 22nd of may last but then returned to the hive. I assumed that the queen was clipped and had not managed to join the cluster. I had a good look through the hive and around the front but could not find her. I split the hive in two (bias in both) and left them...

I posted yesterday regarding one of my hives swarming, fortunately while I was trying to get up the tree to capture the cluster they returned to the hive. The only reason for this that I can think of is that the queen was clipped and did not make the flight. (This was not something I had thought...

Quick history. Purchased two nucs last July. One came through winter well the other never really got going became Q- and dwindled away. Bit of a panic this evening!! I went for a quick look at my hive only to find them swarming and settling on a near by tree. I ran back to the house returned...

At the end of last autumn one hive was really busy bringing in the ivy so I decided to add another box with three frames of foundation and I filled the rest with dummy frames filled with aeroboard and closed up for winter. Recent quick inspections suggested that all was going well. Today was the...

I purchased two nucs at the end of July. One has always been strong and because of decent autumn weather built up well (12 frames) and brought in lots of stores for winter. The other seemed to be at a standstill and has always worried me, it didn't really build up (remained at 5 frames) and...

I have just heard of the varroa controller - a heated box that kills varroa using thermal treatment without harming the brood and had a quick look on youtube. I checked back on old threads and found some comments - mainly that at 2k it was expensive and that it might be too time consuming for...

I am currently making some boxes in anticipation of a wonderful summer - optimistic I know. I lack both decent tools and carpentry skills so I am just cutting simple rebates and I will need to add something to create the lip that will keep the frame lugs from crushing bees, the last time I did...

I am a complete novice and I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed. I installed two nucs I bought into two brood boxes and have checked them weekly ever since. I have found the queen in one of them (she is marked) everytime I checked but never saw the other queen. To my untrained eye...

I am new to beekeeping. I purchased two nucs about a month ago. One nuc seems to be doing much better than the other building up stores. I have found the queen in this hive during inspections and all looks well. I have now opened the other hive three times and have yet to spot the queen (this...