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Was thinking about producing some comb sections this season. Have seen the English sections for sale on T***** site. Has anyone used them, and how many, and how are they fixed into a BS super?

Have very busy hive on double brood. Entrance block is on opened to widest setting. What are people's thoughts on removing the block altogether at this time of year, and replacing once we get into wasp season?

Bees swarmed from my main hive today, and promptly settled on the hive front. They have been there for about 4 hours. Have tried to get them into a box twice, but they just go airborne and keep returning to the hive front. Any ideas please on how to get them boxed up. If they had landed on a...

Scenario: Queen arrived with swarm in June 2016, unmarked, therefore unknown age. Inspected 19th April late in day, very crowded on brood and half and 4 unsealed QC's and two sealed QC's. Lots of sealed brood in BB, very little laying space. Eggs and BIAS. Saw Queen who is marked, added BB...

Has anyone seen for sale the new EU approved varroa treatment VarroMed? Seems to be an oxalic/formic mix, I imagine for trickling.

For those keepers that use IPM, or not as the case may be, I would be interested to evaluate which methods you find most effective, and which combination you use.

As a newbie, and following the debate regarding OA vaping, and when, could some of the experienced beeks out there give some advice on when the broodless period should be? Are there any hard and fast rules, i.e temperature, certain dates etc that would indicate when the hive is broodless? As we...

As a matter of interest. Those on the forum that practice the Demaree method of swarm prevention. If after completing the manipulation, and not wanting increase, how many further manipulations on the same hive have forum members had to perform in the same season, or, if the initial...

Any ideas guys, the best way to get propolis off wood. I have an eke that they have completely glued up. Tried soapy water but doesn't tend to shift it much.

Inspected 2 weeks ago and applied first dose of Apiguard. Routine inspection nothing amiss. There was very little drone brood, maybe a couple of dozen capped. Today have found a few almost developed brood ejected from the hive. Hard to tell if they were worker or drone, as not fully developed...

:eek: Sitting this afternoon watching the bees in and out of the hive. Quick darting movement caught my eye. What appeared to be an Asian hornet briefly "hawked" the front of the hive, then landed on the hive roof. Before I could get up to take a closer look it took off onto a back wall, and...

Have a swarm moved into hive on 22 June. Did first inspection 6th July, i.e exactly 2 weeks after arrival. Found Queen (unmarked), and there is already a frame of sealed brood. My question is, if she was a virgin queen, how quickly would she have mated and started laying? The swarm doesn't seem...