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My parents, who are not beekeepers, just excitedly sent me pictures of a 'tree hive' which is supposedly for rewilding honeybees. An immediate red flag was the claim that 'the honey bee population has been struggling', which is patently untrue, but I'm also wondering if this is actually going to...

I've read that clipped queens swarm later than non-clipped queens, waiting until the first virgin is ready to emerge before leaving. I lost a clipped queen recently and while I'm not entirely sure when she departed, the one queen cell we left in the hive took about three days to emerge. If a...

Hi all, We had a lovely strong hive going into winter but on first inspection 2 weeks ago saw only a few capped drone cells, a few sporadic patches of eggs and what looked like attempted empty queencells. We weren't sure if it was laying workers or drone laying queen (or a very early swarm?)...

I thought this might get a laugh and perhaps someone might avoid making the same mistake I did. 😅 I treated with Apiguard in autumn, using the nifty double-sided crownboard of the Paynes poly hive. And then absent-mindedly left it with the big space towards the bees while I fed and wrapped them...

Hi all, I started beekeeping last summer with two nucs which built up to full hives and have made it through winter (touch wood). Obviously two hives isn't enough, and the idea of free bees is appealing, so I'm going to try putting swarm traps out near the apiary. I've got several spare nucs...