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Last week I had a pretty strong hive on double brood and i found an unsealed queen cell. My plan is to increase number of hives. I performed the first stage of a Pagden moving the original queen to a new box with some brood and some nurses (with mostly foundation as i have no drawn) on the...

Made up a floor and stupidly did not do some checks before i finished it. On putting a box on top ive got a bit of a wonk in one corner where there is a gap. Its probably around 3mm. (See attached picture) I know ideally none is best but how much is too much?

Im in my first winter, checked on the bees and they are alive... So all is good so far. The hive is a double brood abelo poly with 11 frames in each, deep poly roof with a wooden floor and wooden multipurpose crownboard. I weighed the hive (luggage scale on both sides added together). Hive...

In my first year of beekeeping and have had my hive on double brood national (poly). Colony is going ok i think. They currently have 10-13 frames with something on either brood or stores with the rest drawn but empty. The bees are taking the space and there are lots of bees but by no means...

Im after a couple of childrens bee suits. Just started and my girls are really interested and i'd love to keep it that way. Aftet childrens M or L i think. Cam collect close to Bristol or posted please!

I'm currently trying to get my first hive sorted and would rather start on some solid footing than ditch bits and buy more later (I know this may be some short-lived dream!) I'm also on a bit of a budget but still want to start decently. I've done a load of reading and looking about at bits...