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Hi guys, I have a nuke from a month old captured swarm now bursting at the seams, was holding on to it to check that my second hive was Q+, which it is. I would like this nuke to go to a beginner or someone starting again, it will need to go into a brood box straight away. I would like the...

I extracted three week ago, leaving one super of part full and uncapped frames for them to fill and put under. (They were treated with maqs) one week later the super was full, added another which is now full and 50% caped. The hive seems rammed with bees and majorly busy. HB&Ivy The question is...

our apiary area contains one hive situated within 7m sq with a 2.4m high mesh fence, the question is we have had between 10 and 20 bees walking around the floor, is this normal behaviour one or two of the bees did have tatty wings Thanks

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Today inspected the bees and a population explosion from a bursting nuc to a standard national 2 weeks ago. We now have brood on 9 frames, and the rest of the frames have been drawn and are busy, so we added a super and queen excluder (bamboo sort which came with hive). Tonight went to check...

Hi, Got my bees yay! Homed them, but was just wondering if I can make a dummy board out of a frame by sliding a piece of perspex in instead of the foundation?

Hi, I wish to make a netted area to lift bees to a height before leaving. Is there any recommendation on type and size of netting. Thanks for your replies