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Why don't birds eat dead bees? My colonies are set up and a concrete floor so I get a good idea of the numbers of bees that die/give out from month to month - I would have thought this would be a sort of bird table..but birds go nowhere near em

I was inspecting on of my double brood colonies this morning and all of a sudden there was a might roar...it continued for the 20 minutes or so that I was inspecting. I found a few queen cells that I knocked down but took one for a nuc...adding brood, pollen, stores and bees...as I walked away...

I have two double brood poly hives. I seen to have tons of bees in both and just can't find either queen (one is unclipped from last year) I found double brood (predictably) makes the whole job a lot harder, so was wondering if I make sure one box has brood, stores and pollen, if I can simply...

I found a line of wax moth in one frame today - it was about 2 to 3 inches long I tapped in and one larva fell out - my instinct was to dig the rest of it out, which I did...do I need to do more (suspect I do)??

I made up some frames with foundation last summer, but they seem to have become quite brittle - is there anything I can do about this?

I'm looking to do my first inspection next week - I have two double brood colonies now - I was advised only to look at the top box but wondered if this was standard - thanks

I have some black mold on the crown board of a couple of poly hives - is it ok to clean it with bleach?

My bees seem pretty active the last few days with the nice weather - but I've noticed two or three crawling around on the ground disoriented - as the majority seem ok I wonder if there's anything to worry about?

I was thinking about doing my first inspection next week or the week after - I have two double brood hives so at the same time I was wondering if I might reverse the boxes at some point or simply slot a new brood box between them...or perhaps just get the queen excluder on and add a super...any...

I have two hives with 2 brood boxes...I was advised to reverse the boxes in the spring - does anyone have any advice about this...what's the most advisable time? thanks

Is anyone using fogging for varroa treatment - I've read stuff about the use of mineral oil...can anyone enlighten me please?

Saturday 20th January - 1-30 - Redbridge Lakes - Roding Ln N, Salix Lane, Woodford, Woodford Green IG8 8LY An open discussion group for beeks of all ages and experience. Bring a subject and/or questions (local map attached) - refreshments available

Anyone got any thoughts on this please? https://oxavap.com/product/provap-110-sidelinercommercial-vaporizer/

My bees were very unhappy about having the varroa vap inserted - I wonder would it cause less stress if the vapmite was just held under the mesh floor?

I've just harvested the last of my honey - when's the best time to a) start feeding them? b) applying the first varrao treatment (vapour)? thanks

I've just harvested the last of my honey but having bought a small freezer to store the wet super frames in I now find it is full and I still have twenty or so wet frames...for now I've stacked them in supers (with an empty super on the bottom) in the shed, each super separated by cardboard with...

I now have two brood boxes on each of my 2 hives - is there a point when I need to put them all in one box or do I just leave the two as they are? Again, all advice very much appreciated - if I do leave them, are they likely to need more than one super each for the winter? Thanks for looking at...

I have a couple of hives and have just produced my first honey crop (about 45lb) - this is of course way too much for my family to eat and even with gifts to friends and colleagues I'm going to have a big surplus - I have had the appropriate labels made by Thorne but not sure what I need to do...

I have a new queen and she has been producing brood for about 2 weeks - how long might it be before the hive produces more queen cells?