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Hi , Have 4 hives out at a wood but as a safe guarding measure against a total wipe out over winter i want to keep some bees on our kitch roof so i can keep a more closer eye on them through winter . With this in mind i am thinking of a poly nuc simply because of the insulation . But...

5 frame nuc Bias Needs rehoming in new hive asap £150 for bees and frames £180 for everything if your keeping nuc Can deliver if not to far for petrol .

Had 3 quite busy hives and they still are but the supers are empty so obviously there is a lack of flow at the moment . We have hives in woodland out in the countryside not many gardens near . So i was thinking of maybe feeding to get them by until the flow comes back on although they were...

Hi , Have 2 hives in woodland that are quite testy not horrible but bordering on it . Does anyone have trouble splitting a double brood . The bees quite often weld the frames together that are in the bottom to the top ones . So as you take the top one off first to inspect the bottom one...

Hi , We had a small swarm move in on our baited brood box all the frames are drawn and healthy in this box .They covered 3 frames and they moved in around 14 days ago .I have just had a peek although not the best day i couldnt resist . Still on 3 frames poss 3 1/2 gone through all the...

Had a hive a few years but then took a break for a few years we have now recently aquired a small woodland ( only an acre ) . But one thing worries me , i'm not allergic at all .But if im miles away and in private woodland what if i get stung and have a bad reaction .Does anyone carry an epipen...

Hi Looking to purchase either 3 reasonably priced Nucs or we dont really need the nuc but frames of bees .I am happy to travel a bit ( when we can ) to pick these up and pop them into our national brood boxes . Will be going on to some land in a forest near farmers fields that someone...

Hi , We are in an interesting position , mother in law has sadly passed away and left a small amount of money and we are about to buy or looking to buy a small area of forest say 1 Acre . Its right at the side of open farmland and crops , we were thinking of putting 3 hives at least in...

Hi Would like advice on how to go about clearing up the mess which is all my fault and a huge lesson learned !! . Caught quite a big swarm this summer popped it into a brood and a half and while at like a complete fool I stuck on 2 supers above the QE with DRAWN comb ( big mistake ) . 3...

I know its got a very nice taste supposedly but has honey that comes from rape got a tendency to crystalize in the jar very quick as well . Sounds like im asking a daft question really as it must do like it does in the hive. But any major differences to mixed flower honey ???

Hi Caught quite a decent sized swarm last night and its in a 5 frame nuc box , 1 frame taken with honey .Its quite big for the box but o.k . I have put it on top of an empty hive that I want to move it into that has used brood comb in ( ALL HEALTHY ) . Would you now leave them for a...

We have a strong national hive doing well. Good weather here at moment and bees very busy bringing in the good stuff. One national BB with a mixture of eggs,larvae,honey stores on frames. 2 supers above nearly full off honey most are capped. What should we do now having had some summer honey...

A daft question and I cant find an answer I have looked ( prob not very well ) .How do you get rid of the little bit of honey that comes along with the wax if you want to do something with the wax please.

Hi. We have one hive bought in June time they have expaneded well and have nearly filled one super and they are drawing out a 2nd.Plenty of new bees and everything rosy. Here is the slight problem,i bought an extractor ( manual 2 frame ) stainless steel.I took off 5 frames of the super...

Anyone in the Mansfield ng199df area got an extractor we can rent ( 1 hive only ) .I will buy one soon but with one hive only wouldn't mind renting one for a day at the moment. Feel free to move this post wasn't sure where to post and in what section.:sorry:

Hi, I wouldn't mind having another bee keeper who lives local near to Mansfield woodhouse pop round and check my wifes hive over please for a 2nd opinion. They were sold to us as black bees but I think there local mongrels and im pretty sure there queenless I cant see brood,eggs or the...

Hi Please don't flame me or have ago as we are inexperienced we have a new set of bees that we got on 5 frames at start of summer.They have swarmed a few times nad I have asked what type they are before as there a lot darker than the norm buckfast queen. With the weather having chucked it...

Is this a European Bee or a british black bee or even some sort of cross between the two ( hybrid ) Thanks

ASAP please Going on allotment area in National Hive. Plz contact Thx

Well here is a sad story and please don't flame me with go and attend your local society,we are very busy people and will try but we are learnig and we thought we had a good teacher but now we begin to wonder. Here is the tale of woe. We bought a plywood hive that had been weather treated no...