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Hi all, Extracted for the first time tonight. Took 12 frames from one hive and finished with around 30lbs, which I’m very happy with! Plenty more to come once more capped too. Current 30lb is settling in a bucket to be jarred tomorrow! Being the first time we’ve extracted, I got a little over...

Hi all, Took on our buckfast bees last July and I felt we had been doing fairly well. They are in 14x12 poly hive and seemed to build up very quickly when it started to get warmer. Should have lots of space but where I was hesitant to add a super so early, they managed to fill a good 4-5...

Hi all, Picking up our first nuc tomorrow morning and rehoming them in one of two poly hives. The poly hives came with a plastic/perspex type crown board rather than wooden, and they don't have a whole for a bee escape. Obviously we'll be feeding to help draw out the comb, so would I be right...

Hi, We picked up our first hives a couple of weeks ago and we're due to pick up our first nuc the third weekend in June. Last week, we were informed that one of three of our local beekeepers had contracted EFB. The bee inspector has been around and has taken the necessary actions - digging a...

Hi all, I picked up my first hives this weekend and have enjoyed assembling them in the garden in the sun! I'm down to around 1 minute 20 per frame without the foundation... My only issue seems to be the length of nails when attaching the wedge bar once I've slid the foundation into the...

Hi all, I've done a couple of searches and found some half decent suit threads, but thought I'd start a new one to keep it updated and relevant if that's okay? In case of anyone being in the same shoes, my situation is that my partner (Alice) and I have taken a beekeeping course and are just...

Hi all, I just wanted to introduce ourselves! My partner Alice and I have just moved from Bristol to Purton, a lovely little village in the middle of nowhere near Berkeley, Gloucestershire. We took a course in 2016 and we're just about to purchase all of our gear for the first time. Taking a...

Hi all, I just wanted to introduce ourselves! My partner Alice and I have just moved from Bristol to Purton, a lovely little village in the middle of nowhere near Berkeley, Gloucestershire. We took a course in 2016 and we're just about to purchase all of our gear for the first time. Taking a...