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The other day I went out to my hives and found a heap of dead bees outside one. Could not wok it out, until I saw the body of a dead queen with frayed wings among them, so, they must have swarmed,...

I have in the past frozen comb honey to prevent granulation.

mmm . . . interesting. Just had a look at one under the microscope - perhaps this will help.

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Will try and find the local Bee Inspector's...

Couldn't really tell. They seemed to have a yellowish 'shell' - a bit paper-like. When this was broken with the corner of a hive tool, it was white larvae-type-material inside.


There was also a...

I had a Nuc, which I tried to overwinter, but died. It was a weak colony, and I wasn't really expecting it to make it anway. Went into the hive today, and the remains of the bees were in a tiny...

Interesting. Any volunteers to feed one of their colonies a feeder full of soft drink?

Many Thanks, brilliant software.

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>>A section on rearing and raising queens would be nice.

Would that not be classed under the 'Queen and Bee Breeding' section?

I don't have an observation Hive, so I am not an expert, But if your entrance is at the bottom and there is a pipe going outside, maybe there is a cold breeze blowing into the pipe and being funneled...

People who say 1-1 generally mean 1lb of sugar to 1 pint of water if you mix the syrup yourself. (I think this is right - someone please correct me if I'm wrong)

There are lots of complicated...

I am going away for 16 days on thursday, so I will probably leave it and see how they get on until then.

Many thanks,

ABB

About three weeks ago, I bought a hive from a friend at the local association, who was trying to cut down to just a small operation. The hive was moved without too much trouble, and last week I...

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UPDATE: One of the hives (not sure which) swarmed properly this time, and landed on tree nearby. Couldn't really tell wether it was a cast or not. It was collected sucessfully and is currently...

OK, this is the situation. One of my hives, in which I had seen queen cups with eggs in earlier that week, swarmed a few days ago. I got all ready to hive my first swarm, and it promptly went back...

The ultimate in veil design... ;)

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Another Radio Ham here, also Computers and Bellringing (see website)

We have good old-fashioned 'analogue' TV. 5 channels. Don't like the sound of this new-fangled 'digital' stuff. smile.gif

On my website, go to 'beekeeping' then 'photos' - there are some pics of the OH there.

I don't think this one had already found a nest - when I found her she was looking for one (flying around dry stone walls, occasionaly flying into likely looking holes, then coming out again)

>>I even requeened

Did you breed the queen yourself? Was it from a reliable source? Could she have been AHB?

OK, I have a queen bumblebee. She is in a wooden box with some old dry leaves, grass, etc. and a jam jar lid full of honey. There is a pane of glass under the lid. The enterance tube currently has a...

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