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Inspecting one of my most successful hives on Saturday. I found the queen (2 years old) took a while because the marking was wearing off. I had thought that as the mark I had made seemed to be wearing off I would re-mark her to speed inspections up in the future. When I had finished I...

My little blighter's are filling these supers and i'm getting itchy feet and want to start extracting. currently got 4 supers (3 full and 1 is 1/2 full . ) When I extract it will be all at the same time so i need to pick my time envelope carefully.:hairpull:

Hi all, this is only my second post so i thought i should post a question that could result in something possitive within the industry. I am an Mechanical Design Engineer and have kept bees for a number of years now. both me and my father have had huge enjoyment and my god father runs a...

Hi everyone , i am new to the forum but have been beekeeping a number of years now . I currently use commercial hives but was wondering what the most popular hive type in the UK is and why?