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So many answers and variables...bees can and will draw out comb when being fed fondant, if they need the comb and, if the colony is reasonable size and temperatures are ok. It is a food source providing carbohydrates for energy and bees can convert the energy into wax production. I see you are...

Years ago there used to be quite a few posts with plans on this forum...perhaps using the search function will bring them up. Here is one from a search I done... National 14 x 12 Hive plans etc best regards, John

Out of interest Jed, have these been sold yet? best regards, John

thanks for ideas guys, have a damaged egg incubator lying in shed so may attempt to convert. Had the Exo Terra but it went moody after a week so was sent back

Not intending to hijack this post but quick related question....What incubators are you guys using? Have just returned one I had as it was playing up...so looking to get another.

After having a swarm take up residence in a spare BB in my garden last Thursday, I get home to another making it their home today. There were a lot of bees flying around, fighting going on where bees were trying to enter whilst others were protecting it...lot of casualties all around the ground...

Yesterday morning all seemed ok and the bees were going about their business in a nice manner..... late afternoon I returned from a shopping trip to see the air full of bees as if they were swarming off again :( Opened up the box and checked what was actually in it, they had been cleaning old...

Bees still there and working hard cleaning up tops of frames, box etc...just been sitting watching them coming and going. Two brood boxes had been sitting one on top of the other all Winter and I was going to strip wax out of frames...had done one box end of year but hadn't done the other. Had...

As the title says....got my first swarm today :) came home from work tonight to find one had decided to make home in a spare brood box that was in my garden. Hopefully they will stay put, currently looking at 5 seams all working away cleaning the frames, box etc... I will move into a clean hive...

out of interest, have they sold yet?

paid £82.50 for the 300 = 27.5p per jar can't remember exactly what the price was for the 500 but know I wasn't going to save any more if I bought them think it was around 27.73p per jar

I think it was around .25 of a penny cheaper per jar in the 300 against buying 500 I bought the 300 after checking the difference....

The price worked out cheaper per item when buying in 300's rather than the 500's :)

Just came across this post /thread, I am working to the same plan with converting a fridge into a Honey heating unit / Wine + beer fermentation unit using the same equipment. had been searching for suitable 60 watt heaters rather than 45 watt ... seen a couple but one supplier out of stock and...

Combined the colonies today....removed Q- / Drone laying queen/ laying workers hive from stand and replaced with Q+ colony, as it was warm the bees were flying and plenty of pollen going in with bees from original colony. Went through Q- hive frame by frame, still was a good size colony...

Thanks for the tips folks.

Checked my five hives today....first check this year and mixed bag.... All colonies are way behind last year at this time. Small colony was a 'mating nuc' had plenty of pollen going in any days the sun was out (in my garden so see what happens every day)...was buzzing and busy..eggs. brood...

Took a walk around a couple of my hives yesterday afternoon, poly hives, 4 Centigrade max, with frost around them.......could hear a light hum from one box and as I turned towards another hive I see a bee flying back to that, landing and strolling in.........brave little sod possibly on...

Thanks again folks, have not been able to get back this week so will be going tomorrow. As bees were down to a small handful I do expect a fully dead hive tomorrow. They had been checked for disease going into Autumn and I did two trays of apiguard September / October ... The queen was this...

Many thanks folks, all much appreciated. In reality, I have no chance of saving the queen as there are too few bees, however, am always of the mindset that nothing ventured nothing gained and, for sure, any attempt is better than giving up without trying :) A little cold spell in next two days...