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Seen them 12 hours post test frame insertion, or 12 hours after a queen removal.

Just put 2 supers onto hives. Really good looking flow here! Going away until Monday tomorrow, thinking a couple of other hives will need supers before I go as well. One super I think will be ready to take off by the time I get back on Monday.

Bees returning to my hives covered in Balsam pollen! :D

Couple of my hives seemed to be going through their stores quickly (lots of uncapped honey cells), was going to put on some feed, but when I next checked them they were bringing in lots of new nectar and pollen. Seems to have hit an ivy flow here.

I avoid using it except on hives that have a severe issue that needs to be dealt with as it's a synthetic chemical and made by Bayer, but Bayvarol is still very effective in much of the country. Just check if resistance is known in your area before using it, and use it sparingly when you have a...

No, way up north in the city. Urban beekeeper checking in. :P

Started seeing them here. Caught one yesterday.

I've sold honey at £6.50 for a 1lb jar and had absolutely no issue moving them.

Bees should be able to find forage fine, IMO. As for the bee poo issue, solar panels are all designed to be self-cleaning, so they easily wash off in the rain.

Was quite surprised how quickly they jumped on the wasp and killed it too. One of them must have stung it because it quickly curled up paralysed and stopped moving its limbs after a few seconds. The hive reeked of alarm pheromone after though and I had to close them up because they were clearly...

Only a little. And a good trick is to pour off the top layer of water when it gets covered in soda scum.

Bucket full of piping hot water with soda, submerge and remove with a pair of tongs. Rinse in a bucket of boiled and cooled water without soda.

Saw a wasp land on the top bars and immediately get mobbed and killed by the bees during an inspection. Got a photo of it too!

One of the problems we have as a society is that people have become so disconnected from nature that while they yearn to re-connect with it, and thus get allotments etc., but then don't want to deal with everything that comes in the "nature" package. Grow things that need pollinating in your...

Didn't really learn anything that stands out to me, but was eager to watch from the perspective of wanting to see my favourite animals being explained on the telly. Also noticed the perspective people took to it wasn't to rush out and get a hive themselves, but to gain an appreciation that...

Lack of brood smell/pheromone means the developmental processes where the bees would develop the physiology to be nurses doesn't develop. The bees produce and store a protein called Vitellogenin, which is the main protein constituent in royal jelly, fed to the larvae, queen, and in small amounts...

Well, Kierney actually takes a personal interest in bees, but so does Bill Turnbull. I'm surprised the BBC haven't conscripted him into any of these documentaries yet.

Didn't get a good look at the mites, will do so later when the show is on iPlayer. Bee lice another possibility maybe?

Watched it, was awesome. :D So glad the BBC are doing things like this.

A cast can also be the first swarm to leave the hive after the queen has been taken away in an unsuccessful A/S.