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Moving house nearby in a week or two and have moved my bees beyond the normally recognised 3 miles, with a view to moving them to their new location in the Spring. I was just wondering where this 3 mile 'rule' came from ? A few months ago, one of my hives swarmed (missed a QC!) into a...

Hi, I have a small plastic bucket feeder where the syrup comes out slowly through a circular mesh panel. The dear bees have not only taken the syrup but have succeded in covering over most of the mesh with propolis - bless them! Does anyone know a good way to clean this off?

With 11 hives and only four box (Miller-type) feeders, it occurred to me that there might be some merit in setting these up as communal feeding stations. ie Set up the four boxes in different places in the apiary with syrup, the bees from different hives would enter from below as normal and take...

Does anyone have an electric extractor they'd like to sell or can recommend one that works well. There seem to be so many different sorts out there and it's hard to choose from catalogues without seeing them first. Ideally, I would like a 9 frame radial in stainless steel. Thanks, Chris

I know there have been messages posted about wasps but I couldn't find a specific answer to my problem. One of my hives has been badly attacked by wasps and seem to have given up trying to defend the hive. I have reduced the entrance to one bee width, there are plenty of jam jar traps around...

I've been researching the cost of BS deep and shallow foundation from a number of websites and it looks as though Thornes are the CHEAPEST!!! Can this be right? Has anyone else found a cheaper supplier for this year? I'd love to know. Thanks. Chris