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I’ve lost 2 hives in the last month that were next to each other in my small apiary …. I’ve no clues on what happened although many dead bees in the bottom of the brood box. Both hives have 2 or 3 supers above that are now well and truly stripped of the small amount of honey they contained...

I’ve just completed the first inspection on my 4 colonies 3 overwintered on a super over a brood box and the final hive was a brood/super/brood setup. All 4 were bursting with bees with eggs/larvae at all stages …. I was staggered how well they’d come through. One of the hives harboured a good...

I had some ‘spare’ queens and wanted to create a few Nucs to take through winter but the wasps had different ideas and just swamped them to get to the honey stores. So with only one queen left I’ve taken a bit of a risk and created a double queen hive. The original hive has a good queen...

I’m looking for a cutting guide/dimensions to give to my local timber merchant to help me build 2 or 3 Roger Patterson Nucs. I’ve taken a look at the David Cusham page and although its a great resource, I’m very confused :unsure: http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/roger_nuc_box.html Could anyone...

I've been really lucky to start my beekeeping life with two 'wild' swarms that I received in late May. Both swarms are doing well and putting down brood and honey and have nearly filled their brood boxes ... I'm delighted. The only drawback is that these bees are really aggressive and despite...