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4 x hives provisionally sold to flytrapman

Due to change in work circumstances, I need to sell the following asap. This is a genuine bargin, as I'd like to sell as soon as possible, hence they are priced very low to sell quickly. I'm based at Pocklington near York, buyer to collect. 2 x National Hives (each empty), each hive consists...

He's about 10 miles away from me, so i might take a drive over and take a peek.

There is no point in phoning Bako direct as (to be fair to them) they are only interested in supplying to trade in decent qty. I've posted this up before, but a a reasonable supplier for small quantities is hall's of Kendal who will supply mail order; £11.64 for 12.5Kg of Bako fondant plus...

Thanks, I've read through the normal booklist, but wanted to double check that's what beeks in UK actually use in real practice. For example there is the 'normal' AS method, of splitting and moving the hive, etc a la Hooper, but equally there are other methods published which claim to have some...

Can you give more detail about 'standard AS methods' or 'AS' Exactly what AS process do you follow, what triggers it and what concludes it?

I'd say your hives are already roughly pointing towards Harewood Hill :-) (Private joke, sorry)

Not a topic to be actually using right now in UK... but a good time of year to discuss and debate swarm control whilst we have these long dark nights and can sit back and think what works and what doesn't, the do-os and don'ts. So... those with experience. a) What do you do to try and prevent...

I went over to 14x12 this year, in my 2nd season as a newbeek and haven't regretted it. The main advantage as i see it is far easier inspection of the BB, which as a newbeek is a big advantage esp if pressured for time by work/weather. The only disadvantage i've seen so far, is on some frames...

I thought it was important not to heat the syrup solution to more than about 65 degC, otherwise it can become toxic (to bees) with HMF.

I recently bought my 11 year old son a cheap USB microscope, the kind that plugs into a PC. Last night we took a couple of varroa mites from the drop board of one of my hives (they are currently being treated with Apiguard) and looked at them under the microscope. Ugly creatures !! have a...

Some photos of Varroa mites, taken from the drop board of one of my hives. Taken with a USB microscope at x60 maginification.

ok, thanks for explanation. I don't know if it's in any way the same, but I had a situation this year, where I had a nuc next to a national hive, with each containing a new swarm. A week later when i inspected, the nuc was virtually empty (a handful of bees left) and the National hive was...

Just trying to understand the timeline a bit more, why did you move the colony into a nuc?

Rosti helped me inspect one of my hives yesterday, with the objective of finding and marking the new queen (she started laying 4 - 5 weeks ago, all going very well, but i hadn't been able to find her on the previous inspections). I took the roof off the hive, removed the rapid feeder that was...

Some things are just not meant to be... I paid good money last year for a mature Italian Olive tree. Poor thing, suddenly got planted in Yorkshire...do you think it is still alive and well...? (No)