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Hi all, some advice would be welcomed. Went into winter with 6 hives, treated, fed etc. However I have lost four hives over winter for whatever reasons (all were on double broods, one was weak going into winter though), gutting really. However the difficulty is as follows. One of the remaining...

Hi, advice needed please. I have a hive that has a failed queen (patchy, full of drone etc, I suspect not mated well). To be honest I have left them to it but they are done for so will probably shake them out. The hive was actually two swarms (from my own hives) I caught and combined. I haven’t...

Hi all, your kind advice is needed - caught a swarm form one of my hives today. I was fortunate enough to be able to take a few frames of BRIAS and stores from a thriving hive and introduce the swarm. All went in as expected. However - I noticed a dead marked queen (definitely one of my own) on...

Hi all. I have three hives on the go at the moment (all on double brood). One has gone significantly better then the other two. However this has only produced one filled super this season (and this was a swarm from around May). However my other two hives have not even looked at their super and...

I passed this waking home yesterday and it is flowering now, even had a few bees on it despite it being only 8 degrees! Anyone know what it is?

Hello, a quick question about winter preparation and treatment: I have 3 hives (will possibly unite two) going into Autumn and each have 1 full super left on for winter. I am planning to treat with Apistan ASAP as I have already removed all other supers for harvesting. The question is: Do...