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I made this hive for my daughter 4 years ago. It is a "Tudor Inn" hive. The "Ground Floor" has internally a standard Commercial brood-box dimension. The first floor is a Dadant standard with an extra frame to make it square. Between the two is a QE in wide frame that supports the first...

I was inspecting one of my hives yesterday and noticed that the workers were attacking drones. Three workers were having a go (biting) each drone. What is going on? It is high summer, there is plenty of forage and the weather is fantastic (for bees). Can anyone advise as to why the workers...

I have a hive that was over-populated. I did a walk-away split and all was going well. The hive that retained the queen had about four frames of bees/brood/eggs and all appeared fine. Yesterday when I walked outside I was enveloped in a swarm-cloud of bees that settled all around the hive and...

I had a swarm move into one of my bait hives last year with an unmarked queen. They are black. They are also very docile. I could probably handle them without a beesuite. They are extremely prolific and have now (24th April) filled a commercial brood-box with lots of capped brood still to...

I have just got back from Lancashire where I have been visiting relatives. I found a card in my letterbox form an Amazon delivery-man. It said "I have put your delivery in the little house number 7". I was puzzled. Then I realised what he meant. I have 9 hives in the garden, all with gabled...

Where can I buy Western Red Cedar in the UK at a reasonable price for hive building?

We have had a poor July and I have a LOT of bees and brood with very little honey stores. I am feeding heavy syrup and they are drinking it down at a good rate. What I want to know is - should I also be feeding them pollen substitute as well? I don't want the poor little beggars starving over...

I opened one of my hives today. Superficially it looks ok. Double Commericial brood box with a rather large colony and queen present. There is stacks of capped brood and some uncapped. However - there is almost no honey present. I have taken nothing from this hive all year. If this hive...