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Hi All Its my second year keeping bees, I originally was having just 2 hives now I have 4 hives and a Nuco_O last year I left a super on each hive removed the QE all was ok but come spring i had brood in the super and just wanted single brood so this year i was going to leave them with just the...

probably a long shot but what are the chances of getting a queen this time of year? ive just checked one of my hives and there is no capped brood or eggs. i checked the other hive and there's quiet a bit of capped brood. any ideas? is it to late to combine them?

ive just made some thymol mix for feeding syrup but dont want it in next years honey if there's any left. Can you add food colouring to the syrup to spot it in the frames of the super so it could be removed? or is this not advised. if so would the colour stain the wax? or would the bees just...

hi guys first time clearing supers and extracting so after some advise below is my current configuration. I've got 3 supers on 2 are 90% capped so I was going to remove these and extract the 3rd is half full. so what I've done is from the bottom brood box q excluder another brood box with...

Hi All Maybe a silly question but! Are bees attracted to high vis clothing? ive red that they don't like dark colours, and they see colours from orange yellow into ultraviolet, was wondering if anyone has had any experience or seen any research that has been done on bees preferred colours.

Hi guys Im about to do my first inspection I've had them in the hive about a week now! OK well 5 days 11 hours and 23 minutes and im itching to see how they're doing. they were put on foundation how many frames should be drawn out by now? im hoping to find the queen, should i be seeing eggs at...

Hi all Ive just collected my first swarm and put it in a hive I've put a queen excluder on the bottom they've been in there for about 36 hrs they seem to be doing there stuff. ive seen them coming back with pollen today how long before i remove the queen excluder? how long to leave them before...

Hi everyone I've been thinking about getting bees for a couple of years now,finally managed to get on a short course a,couple of months ago. bought a hive and collected my first swarm yesterday:eek: probably not the best way to start your first hive! All the gear no idea so to speak :rolleyes...