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Has anyone ever purchased Fluvinate from china?it seems pretty cheap,so just wondered if it is any good or not worth the bother.

i have a couple of weak nucs with newly mated queens in and was thinking of swapping them around in the position of a strong nuc and then moving the strong nucs to where the weak nucs were.i did think of giving them some emerging brood but there probably isn't enough bee's to cover them.they are...

Hi, Does anyone feed empty supers while treating with thymol?Is there still a risk of tainting the honey for next year? Thanks.

on arriving home from work yesterday i noticed a mass of bees on the face of one of my hives.This hive i recently lost a swarm from so i think it was a cast about to leave,so i did a inspection and found 4 or 5 queen cells, one about to emerge,so i knocked them all down as i think there was a...

started to treat my bee's with a bit of thymol a couple of weeks ago,and one of my hives started to pull pupae out.At first this did not concern me that much,but since then i have done an inspection on this hive and found quite a few dead pupae on a couple of frames.they are uncapped and well...

Is it too late to make up some nucs with spare mated queens?

Does anyone have a rough ideal the kind of wattage required to heat a 3x3x3 well insulated honey warmer as i was going to purchase one of those tubular jobbies off a auction site,thanks.

I found two swarms at the back of my field tonight about ten feet from each other,one about the size of a couple of oranges and the other about the size of a rugby ball.The question is should i hive them together or in nucs separatley? thanks.

Just took delivery of a new queen and was thinking of making up a nuc,should i add some brood aswell from another hive and drawn comb or just introduce her to a one of my other hives which has a poor laying queen.The hive with the not so good queen in has not got many bee's could this be a...

Hi all,found one of my unmarked queens during a routine inspection the other day so marked with some green paint and left it about five minutes and popped her back,as i was pushing the other frames back together i noticed the bees had made a ball around her.When i told an experienced beekeeper...

Hi,looking to move my bees out of my back garden to a field over the back about 150 ft from the end of my garden.The question is how long will they have to be away on another location i have 6 miles away before i can bring them back to there new position,thanks.

I have the opportunity to place some of my hives on an orchard at the top of my road which i was going to bring home to my garden from another out apiary.The question is do i put them back in my garden and let them make there own way to the orchard that is about 150 yards away,or place in the...

hello,has anyone used a ritmo extractor and are they any good,and whats the quality like as i was thinking of buying one.I understand you can convert them too extract a large frame also,is that right,thanks in advance.

Hi,has anyone used the nicot system of rearing queens, and if so how easy is it,and is it a good method.Accordining to what i have read it is a wideley used system,any info appreciated please.

what in your opinion is the best book on queen rearing for a beginner,as i would like to give it a go next year

Had a quick look in the hives today and noticed one of them has plenty of bees and just a few eggs with no brood,have not seen the queen but asume she is their.Have been using api life for the last two weeks but i think this has been like this before,put some drawn comb next to the eggs to see...

Hi,has any of you used beevital hive clean,and if so how do you rate it.I am going to start using it up until december and then treat with oxalic acid.Appreciate any feedback,:thanks:

Hi,could anyone suggest a good varroa treatment.Iam a new beekeeper so one that is not too tricky to use would be good,i have found a few mite on the mesh floor but nothing to worry about,one i can use at the end of the season would be good,any ideas?

Hello to all from france,just starting our on the road to bee keeping,got myself a couple of nucs for my dadants and things look good.Hope to share experiences with fellow bee keepers along the way.