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Just now another attack by the robbers, few trying to find a way to get in walking around the hive looking for gaps, few fights also taking place here and there, there is one bee which is all black and got taken down in flight and wrestled on the ground then took of again, hopefully they are...

Thank you all, sitting outside looking at the entrance, lot of bees bringing in pollen, i will leave the entrance reduced to 2 bee until i feel it's ok, they still coming out and back in with pollen, another group are at the water bowl, don't know what to make of it, yesterday it was hectic and...

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just asked the wife to go and see what activity is happening at the hive, she said there are bees flying around and she now understands what i mean by bees taking pollen in, she saw around 7-10 bees with Red, yellow and white pollen on their legs going in the hive, should i do a hive inspection...

just normal tap water in a bowl near the hive

Morning everyone, it's only been a week since i got by first colony of bees, all week i have seen them flying in and out carrying pollen, yesterday morning before i left for work i checked on them and all was normal, after work when i got back home around 1500hrs my daughter said she gave them...

I don't know what distance to keep the hives apart, if I leave 18" gap then 3 fit perfectly.

I've used 3x3 timber as they were just not being used, i am now thinking of adding 2 more jacks for the middle support and add 2 more 4x2 timber for both ends, and another 3x3 in the middle length wise for for strengh, picked up the colony couple of hours ago and have placed the hive on the stand.

That's the website I came across, very informative site

Very well made and solid

Being new to bee keeping there is so much information out there, i built a hive stand from left over wood in the garden, it's ok but nothing to write home about, i want to eventaully have around 4 hives, My garden is not very big and 1 corner is taken up by the pond, been keeping Japanese koi...

Thank you, had a great day today, really enjoyed it. Mo

Will do when i pick them up (y)

Thank you, don't buy stuff you don't need is the hardest :(

Hello, i dropped off the brood box yesterday for the gentleman to transfer the bees and get them settled in my hive, he will let me know when, really looking forward to them

new to beekeeping and just finished my beekeeping course, i am excited to get my first colony of bees soon and will ask a lot of questions for your help and knowledge, hope you don't mind if i ask a lot, any advice will be really appreciated. many thanks Mo