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Managed to leave work early to get a good look at my bees yesterday. Hive one is my older queen and no QCs but plenty of stores. Hive two I found was not far off swarming as it had two very large capped Queen Cells and was also down on stores compared to the other hive. Very happy I had the...

I saw these three large cells: Would you say these were just very large odd Drone Cells ? Paul

I removed 2 supers on Sunday and set them inside the house awaiting a borrowed honey extractor. At 4pm I was getting a little concerned as no extractor had arrived as promised and later found out that it had been damaged that morning and was awaiting a spare part due to arrive this week. My...

So, I am a newbie beek for 2010. As you can imagine I am doing it all by the book and taking my time making sure I have checked for eggs each time I open the hive. For over a month I have not seen the marked queen, but have always seen eggs. This weekend I open the hive, note more eggs and...

I have a hive in the garden and am fortunate to have very docile bees apart from two. If you get close to the hive they buzz right around your head non-stop. If you walk away they follow. To prove a point, I walked up to the hive and then walked off with these two dive bombing my veil and...

Everyday around 4pm, I get a small cluster of bees come outside for a look-see ! They are addictive to sit and watch :)

I have read mixed views on feeding a nuc that has just been hived. I have my bees in their new hive (along with 6 frames of brood and stores) and have fed them with an Ashforth feeder and a 2:1 syrup this week. As they have 5 frames of foundation to draw out I wonder how long would you feed...

So, having hived my new bees on Saturday and added the 6 frames they arrived on to the hive of frames with foundation I thought I would have a quick look-see tonight at the hive to make sure all was okay. They are very active and bringing a lot of pollen back to the hive. However underneath...

As a beekeeping newbie, I have attended the beginners course over the winter, built my hive and ordered a nuc of bees. Now the nerves have set in as I count down 5 days until I can go and collect my first nuc. I thought I would ask for some tips on what to do beforehand and on the day…

Has anyone used Hoffman Converter Clips and would you recommend them ? I have standard frames and am using plastic spacers between them, but also have some Hoffman Frames that I want to introduce this year. Is it worth using Hoffman Converter Clips on the others ?