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    Worst winter ever

    Hi guys can anyone help I've had the worst winter ever I had 18 hives in total Six on one site One on another site And eleven on another Before the winter I feed all my bees thick sugar feed and When I took of all the feed for winter all my hives were full of bees in the new year my friend...
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    Crop info

    Hi guys. I am wanting to start to move my hives around to get a good honey flow I have just moved them to a osr field but I don't know we're to move them after this. Is there a chart that shows what crops are in season so I can move from one field to another Thanks Ian Wallace 1959 a35 van
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    Metal hive stands

    Hi guys happy new year to you all Can anyone tell me where I can buy metal hive stands from Thanks
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    Honey number plate

    Hi everyone I am selling my personal number plate and I thought I would see if Anyone on hear would be interested The number on the plate is H870NEY I am open to offers
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    saf honey extractor

    Does anyone know where I can buy a saf honey extractor from Thanks
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    Help with WBC hive

    Hi guy can anyone help I have just bought a WBC hive from Thornes I don't know anything about this type if hive so I need some help I have made the brood and supers up but i have a problem There is a gap between all the boxes when you put them on top of each other Surely this is not right In...
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    Help with a problem

    Hi guys i am coming up to my first year of beekeeping and i have a question i hope that you guys can help me with im having problems with the first hive i bought last may. i am using a brood and a half system the lower brood has loads of stores and pollen and brood of all stages and the...
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    Drone laying queen or laying worker?

    Hi there im after some help please. a few months ago i split one of my hives and much to my joy i had a nice new queen and she was laying very nicely, how ever a little while later queen cells were being made and were being caped, also drones were being made again also? dont know why they...
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    To trap or not to trap

    For the last few days I have seen a couple of wasps floating around They don't look like they are trying to get in my hives, but I have seen them eating some dead bees The bee farmer who taught me has told me to reduce the enterence to half inch He also said if there becomes more of them to...
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    Grumpy bees

    Hi fellow keepers Just of late I have had a few grumpy bees If I go anywhere near my two hives like I used to I get one girl with a strop on Be fore I had one hive and I could walk around the hive about a meter and watch them But a few weeks ago I made a split So I now have to hives And I...
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    how to make a wasp catcher

    Hi Guys does anyone know how to make a wasp catcher that is safe for bees?
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    Moving a hive

    Hi fellow keepers Just a quick silly question I need to move my hive about two foot Can I move the hive in one move Or do I have to move it a couple of Inches as a time
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    Moving a hive

    Hi there fello beekeepers Yesterday I was given a hand fill of bees with a new queen. The colony is very small so I am hoping to make it into a strong hive of bees I have put these bees in my apiary and I have also Given them some fresh honey from on of my Other hives. The problem is now is...
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    new beekeeper help needed

    Hi all i have been a bee keeper only for a few weeks and i need some help. i bought an old hive of bees on the 14 of may this year. the hive consists of the following one brood box one supper used as half a brood one queen excluder and one super half full of honey crown board and roof...
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