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A large colony has been in a swarmy mood for a while, very nice, relatively friendly bees that I am keen on but I have never managed to spot this queen in her year of reign, a great layer but didn't even spot her in the spring inspections. This mornings inspection found a well fed queen larvae...

Have been given a hive that has probably not been touched for some years,complete with bees. For now I am letting them settle into a new location, and after a few days intend to open and if everything looks okay (as good as can be expected) then transfer bees onto drawn frames on a newer hive, I...

My strongest hive has built up rapidly this spring, occupying most of the deep and two shallows with mostly brood but also some stores, I knew to keep a close eye on this one for swarming. This is a one year old queen, daughter of a swarm that came to me, always been a good layer but we have...

I saw this last night. https://youtu.be/pfHwzWhd5A0 Showing all the signs of the virus as described by Ted Hooper. A larger than normal number of dead bees had been seen below the hive entrance previously. The hive coincidentally as a virgin queen from a completely different strain, anything...

Didn't know quite what to put in the title and I am not sure what is going on. We have had heavy showers today and just found small piles of bees about 2 metres away from the hive entrance. They are in clusters of about 20 and barely moving, I don't see that warming them up and giving them a...

Just saw this on Facebook, from a non Beek. Not sure that a few hundred dandelion flowers missing over the whole country is going to make much difference? The plight of pollinators is getting quite a bandwagon. Surely a sensible start would be to actually have the right plants in gardens, so...

What have you spotted or want that is bee related and would make your Christmas?

Predicting heavy rain around these parts for Friday afternoon and some wind. Some of my bees don't seem to mind going out in the rain but I worry about the numbers lost when they are hit by a heavy downpour. As far as precautions go I guess I should make sure the hives are securely tied down...

Coming home at 8pm, dusk, and checked to see if the livestock was happy after a warm sunny day, as we usually do, and found that World War Two and a Half had broken out in the garden! Many deaths. Bees in the grass in front of both hives attaching another bee, entrances busier than usual for a...

First year of beekeeping, and few posts so be gentle. My main hive is not fully expanded in the brood and is just onto its second super. Delia and the girls don't seem very keen on the rest of the brood box but are happy to go up into the super. Anyway, on the last few frames in the brood...

I went on a starter course last year, visited a bee keeping friend to help in his inspection and read a few books before deciding that bees would enter my life. Received a nuc in March, and trapped a swarm last week :) I have kept a partial record on video on youtube. Apologies, I don't have...