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The brood box taken off my hive for winter had frames with partial amounts of pollen which have now gone mouldy and are ruined. I guess I will now have to strip the frames a rewax for next year unless there is a magic cure? Can anyone offer advice on how to handle and store these for the...

Had the benefit of a large caste/medium prime landing on tree next to my hives last weekend. Went through my hives and all present and correct so looks like a gift. Hived last Sunday with a frame of brood from another hive to stop them absconding. Checked today and found several QC's on the...

I have had the following sent to me by the secretary of my local association: "If you were thinking of going to Bookers to take advantage of the bargain sugar for beekeepers - DON'T. A member was told there that "due to international shortages" they were no longer doing the offer for...

Checked my main hive saturday and found zero brood, eggs, lavae and lots of empty brood space. Hadn't checked the brood frames for a few weeks (6) due to holidays and extracting - and stupidly thinking I would be non-interventionist as they were bringing in pollen and nectar. Wouldn't have...

I have a National which I wintered on Brood and Half but want to get on to single brood as easier for inspections etc. Two weeks ago I moved the super from below to ontop of brood box and put a plastic Q/E between them. I didn't bother to find the Queen due to cold weather but figured she was...

Hi All, Here's one that's thrown me. My garden hive have been out foraging for the last couple of days as we have lovely sunny days here in Kent. They have become very intersted in a disused growbag left over from last years tomato crop. Seem to be 'feeding' off the soil in the growbag. It's...

Has any one seen this? - seems to contradict a lot of the previous theory on the bees life and progress from nurse bee to forager. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7435950/Honey-bees-secret-world-of-heat-revealed.html

Hi, I've got a National on Brood & Half with the super at bottom. I haven't got an eke for the Apiguard treatment and was wondering if it's safe to put it ontop of the super frames between the two boxes. Has anyone tried this before?

I have a hive which has been building up from a caste swarm since mid june. and now covers 6 brood frames and 5 super frames - I have left the excluder off and there is brood and stores in the super. Yesterday, I saw there were what looks like a couple of Queen cells built in the comb of the...