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Be careful with the sycamore. We had a horse who nearly died from sycamore poisoning and we don’t think he ingested much at all as the nearest tree was a fair distance. I would get rid of it.

Thank you. Do I put the fondant over the hole in the crown board or remove the crown board for the winter and put fondant on the frames? Leaving the board on gives an extra layer of insulation I would imagine

MAQS strips for 7 days. Didn’t seem to bother the bees - I’ve seen the queen since and there was BIAS when I inspected a couple of weeks ago and a lot more bees than I had when I lost them over the winter so hopefully they are a big enough colony to survive. They are taking syrup in huge...

Thank you - when I last checked there were about 4 frames of brood and still a couple of empty frames so I assume they have room for more stores. My husband is definitely still able to lift the hive (wooden, full size) so I’m going to keep on feeding for now. I had the white board in for 5...

thank you! I have been feeding a couple of litres of syrup every few days and it has been disappearing fast so will continue feeding until they stop being interested in it. I checked them about 10 days ago - 4 or so frames of brood and about 3 of stores (not full ones though) and a couple of...

Yes I have treated, although my varroa count was pretty low when I checked. Thought best to treat anyway.

Having failed twice to get my bees through the winter (once because of a failing queen and once when they all died 😢, I have a new colony from a nuc I got in late June. Loads of happy bees but not much in the way of stores. Am feeding now but welcome any advice about when to stop and how to...