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Hi I have one British black bee nuc for sale on 5 14x12 Hoffman frames. The nuc is a 14x12 plywood nuc purchased from C Wynne Jones for £50. The bees are very gentle and easy to handle and the queen is an unmarked 2017 open reared F1 hybrid. I would like £150 for the nuc... I've also got a...

Hi, just enquiring if anyone has any over wintered Nucs, I managed to lure a swarm of very gentle highly productive black bees last year and would like to set up another hive next to it also with black bees so the strain is not diluted to much. I'm also trying to get hold of some bees for a...

I'm currently introducing a new mated queen to one of my queenless colonies which has had a laying worker or drone laying queen inhabiting it. Today I took the brood body 100m away and shook off all the bees from the frames. I then placed most of the empty frames back in the hive, there were no...

My oldest hive went through supercedure 3 weeks ago, the virgin queen successfully mated, judging by the bees behaviour which mirrored a virgin flight. It was also warm 20 degrees for 1 week after queen hatched. As varroa was high on this hive for this time of year even after treating with...

Will visit my hives this morning and hoping that the blackthorn is beginning to flower... bee-smillie

Hi - I've just added another apiguard treatment to my bees after 1 week. Most of the original treatment has nearly gone but I've left it in the hives with the new treatment. Worried As I should really have left it 2 weeks before adding second dose. My quandary is should I remove the newly added...

Hi - has anyone made gooseberry jam / curd / chutney with honey? Recipes would be appreciated... Thank, Carlbee-smilliebee-smillie

:facts: I would like to get hold of 2 nucs with native dark bees as I lost 2 hives during the winter. Buckfast would also be fine or local mongrels! :thanks:

Unfortunately I lost 2 of my 3 hives over winter and would like 2 nucs, preferably on 14 x 12 std frames but std deep frames will be fine as the hives are WBC and national. Ideally I would like black native bees but buckfast would also be fine, even buckfast hybrids. Please message me if you...