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I had combined 3 frames of bees in a nuc (from a chimney I'm trapping out) with the colony below. That was 3 weeks ago, all seemed fine, last week put on apiguard treatment, looked today and this is what greeted me? There were plenty more clusters of bees in the grass below. There is still a...

So, I took on a hive that hasn't been well managed at the start of the year. Brood frames placed in two super frames on top of each other and they have drawn drone brood in space below. Hives a mess, and I haven't got round to sorting it out (my bad). anyway saw loaded queen cells Wednesday...

Hi Guys and Gals, I've got a colony with a 2013 queen, and they dwindled over winter, now on 2 frames (4 sides) she's now laying a small brood area, the size of an apple on 2 sides of 1 frame. Some of the comb had 8-10 eggs in! All at the base not on sides. Question is should I 1) kill queen...

Hello All, I had a problem with ants last year and didn't really deal with it. One of this years tasks is to set up the hives after winter with proofing all ready sorted. I have browsed the forum just wanted to know if there have been any new ideas etc. I was thinking of each leg in a...

This colony was a swarm collection in May last year. I marked the queen. They have built up very well and I have two national brood full. So...I inspected on 27th March and she was there along with a total of 1.5 frames of brood. I went on holiday from 2nd to 12th. I inspected again on Monday...