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Looking for some serious advise and or guidance please. I am trying to encourage comb building in 10 plus colonies.... (7 / 8 frames of bees in 10 frame Langstroth Deeps) Honey harvest or value is of no concern, All i'm after is some well drawn comb using starter strips on Lang brood frames...

Hopefully pics below will help some of the newer B-keeps identify this potential problem. Perhaps not the best pics but in my opinion show the signs of what to look for.... The below frames have "salvaged Comb" in from old cut-outs. These were used in a box to house a forced abscond... (Using...

I'm looking for some guidance and opinions please. I have 3 x trap outs that are Queenless and have laying workers... (Checked and confirmed today) All came out of very difficult colonies housed in trees and within walls that we could not break down.. Things to be taken in consideration...

As done with so many of our other natural resources. Sustainable? I would think not....:( New Link below

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience feeding bees fruit like apples and/or oranges or fruit by-products such as jams or waste juices etc. Off the bat here, I'm not after a quick formula to create "Funny Honey" or what we call Chinese honey .... I have been playing around here...

Hi all... Regarding the safe forced removal and relocation of wild bee colonies. Yes, I'm aware chemicals are not really a great option, but given the choice, I would rather use them than simply seal up problematic colonies and/or kill them. NB! This is not to drive bees off honey supers. I...

Hello all, Michael here from a sunny but cold Eastern Cape – South Africa. And unfortunately no, I more than likely do not know a chap by the name of Roger living in Kenya or Tanzania... Even though he is 6,4, has a big beard and talks kinda funny...?? Sorry.... I'm fairly new to this Bee...