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The queen was from last year, I anknowledge it was my mistake, however,circumstances meant i could not check the hive for 3 weeks, another lesson learned. I have to say that some of the answers I have received are often unhelpful and even condescending, thanks to everyone who offers good...

trying to understand whats been happening in my hive the last month, spotted a supersede cell approx. a month ago but didn't see any swrm cells, so decided to leave alone and see what happened. Then last week for 3 days saw what i assumed was mating flights, on the 5th day the hive swarmed, i...

checked the hive yestaday, still lots of bees and 4 more swarm cells, which i removed, however not much BIAS in any of the frames

they swarmed yestaday afternoon, can see the swar but cant get to it as very high up in a tree, another lesson learned.

all the bee are out of the hive for the third day either flying around the hive or on the hive, should I be worried

the hive is clear underneath, and when I said lots of bees I meant lots, possibly thousands, and they all returned to the hive within 30 mins and it was like nothing happened.

two weeks ago found a sealed supersedure, decided to leave alone and see what would happen,over the last two day there has been lots of bees outside the hive on the ground and the surrounding vegetation. What does this mean? are they about to swarm, any advice would be welcome.

got my nuc last year and have never seen the queen but she is definitely there, during a inspection today a found a supercedure cell in the middle of a frame as well as a few queen play cups and drones. what are my options considering I cannot find the queen, idealy I don't want another hive...

I know the ideal is to have a minimum of two hives, but is it a realistic option to manage and keep only one hive, and what sort of problems can I expect

thought I would have a quick look while the weather is nice, couldn't resist the temptation as this is my first hive overwintered, the hive was full of bees ith brood on about 3 frames. Slightly concerned about starvation as there was only 3 frames filled with honey, put some fondant and...

my concern is that the consumption will be higher than the 1kg stated, due to the warmer weather there is a lot more activity than would normally be expected, and if they are bringing food in within all likelihood there will be a deficit between consumption and collection.

lots of activity with bees flying today, however they don't seem to be bringing any pollen back as its possible too late, my main concern is that they are using all their winter stores now. Had a quick look inside as it was warm and was surprised that the hive was full of bees, so I have put...

I acquired a nuc this year and on the advice of the person i got the nuc from the new queen was not clipped, thinking ahead to next year what are everyone thoughts to clipping the queen next year and the best time to do it.

once I have created more space should I destroy the qc or just leave it alone

hi enrico just that there is a lot on posts on having to much space in bb for a small colony, will check queen cup tomorrow to check wether there is egg or jelly , suppose there is no harm in adding a super as a precaution. thanks for everyones advice

as they have not filled the bb would adding a super be advisable at this time of the year

I acquired a nuc in June, after a slow start they are beginning to thrive, have not seen the queen yet but lots of evidence that she is there, moved them in to a hive at beginning of July, now covering 7 frames with brood and stores, and started to draw out 8th frame on my inspection today found...

I was wondering when the best time of year to aquire my first Nuc to ensure that they get off to the best possible start. cheers

hello eveyone I am a complete novice, looking foward to getting my first hive up and running come springtime. cheers Mark

I am a first time bee keeper looking for nuc of docile bees on national frames chhers mark