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Has anybody ever bought one from these guys? I placed an order for one over a week ago. I have not received any order confirmation at all, although they have taken the money. I emailed to enquire about my order, no response… I ordered as it was reviewed by a well known bee keeper but clearly...

Is this a giant Asian Hornet? Caught from my chimney flu this morning in Cheshire.

When do people normally leave the bees to forage just for themselves? I realise this question depends on local conditions and nectar sources but is there a general rule? Last year I extracted in mid July but given the terrible weather my honey levels are much lower than last year and it’s...

I killed a queen of a very hostile hive yesterday and placed a new bought queen in a cage on a frame of brood. I had planned to break the tabs today but when I went into the hive as well as the bees being grumpy as normal, they were absolutely covering the cage. Even after I shook them off and...

Does anybody else find Thorne’s to be pretty slow with delivery? Given most companies typically do next day delivery or certainly within a few days, they same to take at least a couple of weeks for anything, which I feel is a long time given what they charge.. It’s not like bee keeping...

I am thinking of moving one of my hives to double brood. This would be two 14x12 boxes. I quite often find things a little tight with 10 frames, if I move to double brood could I reduce each box to nine frames? Would I need to put in dummy boards, or can I just give each frame a bit more space...

I am in my second year of bee keeping. From what I have read so far a bees inclination to swarm is all about space. My question is if you were to always provide enough brood space does that stop the urge to swarm or does natural instinct eventually just kick in anyway and they will want to...

I did my split as was suggested and placed the caged queen in the hive at the same time. I checked for any queen cell building 24hours later but there was none so I popped the tab and left them to it. I have been to check on them 7 days later and found the queen dead in her cage with the...

Hi Just notice a very similar thread but we are a bit later in the year now. I have two hives, and I am absolute beginner from last year. First real inspection today after winter. One hive is absolutely with bursting bees with frame after frame of freshly capped brood and eggs/lave. The...

Hi I am a first time bee keeper with two hives, that were overwintered from last year. I did my weekly check today and noticed that there were no real stores left in the brood box when there were 2.5 fully capped frames in each of them just over a week ago, 14x12. Also the supers had very...