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Please advise me. I’ve just used Danish oil on a couple of supers. How long should I wait until I give them to the bees? I don’t want to taint the honey. Thanks

3 nucs for sale in Oxford. 1 (marked white) from split this year. 2 (marked yellow) from spring swarm control. BIAS and Frame of honey. Ready to hive asap. All 3 calm, beautiful laying pattern. From highly productive stock- bumper crop already from original queen. Currently in polynucs which can...

I’ve taken up beekeeping again and have done two artificial swarms from two hives. The new queens have been seen today and have just started to lay. Can I mark them straight away or could they need to go on more mating flights? (The weather has been very variable) I assume they don’t start...

I discovered lots of queen cells in my hive. Not emergency or supercedure. The colony was only bought as a nuc in June and the queen was prolific so I had them on a brood and a half- and a super, but I think there was still overcrowding so that might be why they wanted to swarm. I've just done...

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If I clean up my old frames do I need to dismantle them to fit new wired foundation? Are there any tips on how best to do this? I have some supers with frames of comb which are in good nick but have some honey traces (crystallised). They smell a bit (?fermented) can I re use them this season or...

I've got loads of drone brood and can't see any worker brood. I don't know if I still have a queen or laying workers. (Couldn't see her. had loads of bees (and lots of drones of course)). Could see lots of larvae but no eggs-but my eyes are not so good. If I put good eggs from another hive in...

I have opened one of my hives (on a really warm day) to find it stuck with toffee-like propolis everywhere. I couldn't move the frames and the end one started to break. I managed to get the second one out just, but decided to abandon the job when the third and fourth were also stuck down so...

My bees are moody and irritable this season. When is the best time of year to replace her?

My bees have produced plenty of honey (2 1/2 filled supers) and I want to take it off and then feed them, but they haven't drawn comb on the outer 2-3 frames on each side of the brood. Im not sure why. Instead they have polished cells in the super above the Queen excluder. I'm concerned that...

opened a 15lb bucket of set OSR to bottle, and found the lid distended. the top of the bucket had an inch of crusty honey and when i melted some in the microwave had some lovely clear tasting honey, with a froth on top.... i think its fermented but im surprised that this has happened after it...

I had 4 colonies and now have 2. Decided to combine the 4 and end up with two for the winter. One was large and irritable all year and so i combined with a small calm colony formed later in the season. The other two were just small calm colonies (again, formed later in the season)...

I have 4 colonies of bees. 3 struggled this season with new queens, poor mating opportunities etc. due to the weather, but I have got them through and they are now calm, laying, healthy although a bit small because of how long it has taken to raise the new queens. I plan to unite the two...

As with many beekeepers, the weather has proven to be a challenge for my new queens to mate. Three out of 4 became queen-less at some time or other. I have needed to give eggs from my strong hive to raise the chances of other hives developing queens. This has been a success for two hives, but...

How useful is Formic acid for mite control? Where can i get formic acid in the UK? I understand that there is a product called 'Mite away' which conveniently has impregnated pads, but i can't locate them.

I have a 15lb bucket of solid honey from the spring which i want to liquify but i don't have a warming cabinet. I have an oven which is accurate and also cooking thermometers to use inside it to check. Am i silly to try liquifying the honey in the fan oven? If so what temperature is good

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