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help - problem with two colonies: these I split from one colony beginning of summer they seemed to be doing well but now something odd as happened.... last few weeks the bees have been very slow in drawing out in the brood boxes and seem to be depleting I noticed first cappings with holes...

hi all -it will be my first time this year to add more than one super on each hive (thats if this crazy weather stops)- when a super is full -do i then put empty super on top of the full super or under -empty on BB and full on empty super?:eek:

hi folks been stressed out today looking at so many ideas of doing a AS ! i have nasty bees and cant hang about when examining them therefore still finding it hard to spot the queen! so when doing the AS i used a technique that would help me without having to hunt for the queen ..... i found...

my bees are in the welsh mountains and with the nice weather are quite active although chilly again today and rain on its way -but the golden question is...... when do i start treating and feeding sugar solution ...theyve had ample fondant so i know its a while yet before more feeding but any...

when inspecting the two hives yesterday only to quickly slip some extra fondont in i noticed a few headless bees at the entrance of both hives -can anyone tell me why this is ? bluesman:p

hi went to the apiary today and the one hive of girls are so nasty! theyve been aggressive since July but they are worse now-even to poke my head over the hive to look at the entrance and all guns blazing -ive come to hate opening up this colony- its a small colony -should i re-queen or should...

HI FOLKS -IVE NEARLY COMPLETED FEEDING AND LAST TREATMENT READY FOR WINTER......NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A HEATWAVE -BEES ARE FORAGING AGAIN -WHILE EXAMINING THE BROOD BOX AT DUSK BEES ARE CRAMMED EVEN LYING STILL ON TOP OF THE FRAMES UNDER CROWN BOARD-I ALSO HAVE A EMPTY SUPER ACTING AS A...

HI ALL -IM STILL CONFUSED ABOUT FEEDING -I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT IN LAY-MANS TERMS SO TO SPEAK- IVE READ ABOUT FEEDING ON THE FORUM BUT I NEED TO KNOW: IVE BEEN MIXING 2:1 NOW WHEN WEIGHT IS MENTIONED IS IT AFTER YOUVE MADE THE MIX OF SYRUP? WHEN YOU MIX TO SYRUP -WHAT TEXTURE? MINES THICK...

hi folks -my one hive has honey in the supers but the second hive although ive tried to attract the girls up to the super with sugar water theyve refused- i would like to know would it be o.k to take two frames of honey out of first hive and put in second hive or will this cause cross infection...

i have 2 colonies near each other and theres a bit of squabbling going on cant see any killing each other yet! is it ok to turn one hive so the entrance face away from the other hive entrance -they are bringing in the heather at the moment -will this disturb their flight plans ...

when fitting mouse guards do you put them on with reduced entrance block in place or without entrance block -? bluesman:cool:

can anyone let me know if they keep their bees at high altitude in winter? if you do how do you keep them sheltered through winter months ? bluesman:dupe:

today i checked my brood box one of the frames had a few dark grey cells -can u remind me what this is -UFB ?:eek:

with the hot weather and becoming hotter this week -i know bees have their own air conditioning system but do we still have to protect them from extreme heat? if so how?:coolgleamA:

do i need to keep fresh water near the hive or will ordinary rain water thats accumulated nearby do?:cool:

HI ALL - MY BROOD FRAMES ARE NEARLY DRAWN -STILL NEED ONE OR TWO TO BE DRAWN IN ONE HIVE, AND ABOUT FOUR IN THE OTHER -IVE BEEN FEEDING SUGAR WATER -THE WEATHER WILL BE NICE ON THE WEEKEND -DOES THIS MEAN I CAN STOP FEEDING WHILE WEATHER IS GOOD AND BEES ARE FORAGING? BLUESMANbee-smillie

first time inspecting brood box couple a days after delivery...... frames looked very thickly drawn and full of stored honey on the outer frames as i examined toward the centre they started to thin out with less store and more brood -is it normal for these outer frames to be so thickly drawn...

my girls have started to kick out the boys in the hive is it too soon or normal? :toetap05: