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For the last month, I have been feeding my two new colonies 1:1 sugar syrup to stimulate the drawing out of wax. I have ambrosia in the garage from last winter that I intend using in Autumn. I ran out of sugar this morning so I thought I would use ambrosia as a 'one off'. The ambrosia liquid...

hiya I transferred a swarm cast to a hive last Monday. A couple of days later I checked for a queen and spotted a virgin queen scurrying about. I closed the hive and have been feeding them ever since as I had no drawn comb available for them. The colony have been working away as they should...

hiya received two new nucs last week and doing my first inspection tomorrow when I was transferring the frames, I noticed the first nuc had some chalk brood. I didn't worry about this much due to the wet Spring we had and the fact they were now being placed in a well ventilated South facing...

hiya my hive site holding 2 hives is secured on raised posts on decking at the bottom of an acre of grass field the weather has been so bad lately that the ground under my decking and to the back has started to get sodden and marshy...the farmer who owns the land thinks the change is due to...

Hiya from rainy central Scotland...can't believe I chose the wettest year on record to start beekeeping. So grateful for the beginners course at the start of the year or I don't know how I would have coped. I got my very peaceful Buckfast bees in June and have loved every minute since. It was a...