I’m a beekeeper myself and have empty hives .

My friend recently found out they have an active Bee hive inside the walls of their house after waking up to this... What would cause the honey to 'leak'? Does this just mean their was too much weight in the comb and it collapsed ? Located Sydney Australia

Central Appalachia, VA/KY line. Zone 6B

This is my first spring with an over wintered hive. They’ve come through seemingly strong, very full of bees. One deep, but I have 6/8 queen cells on one frame. Very few larvae present all on the same frame. I’m assuming my current queen isn’t laying a lot- are they planning to replace her or swarm? Both? I added a second box with drawn comb today because they were bursting at the seams but I’m wondering if I should attempt a split to avoid swarming.

Anyone have plans for an inside the house hive? I'm looking to put one of my hives in my Maine home. I think it may help with overwinter The plans I find are usually for 3 frames, tops. Any idea? And thanks all!

Hi everyone ,I am very much interested in cultivating honey ,but I have no idea how to start one ,most recommended are catching the queen and stuff but I can't do it ...is there any other way to led a swarm of bees in my box ,I live in a remote town and many people don't do this kind of stuffs ,I need advice thank you all

I wasn't sure where to ask this as it's not about beekeeping itself but:

This weekend I bought some honey from one of the local farm-shops and was told by the owner that, as it wasn't heat treated, to not just put it in a cupboard and to keep it somewhere with lots of light... I looked online to check if I'd forgotten anything he'd said but it seemed to advise the opposite!

Jacksonville, Florida, USA: First time beekeepers here with day 3 of our first hive. While trying to paint the queen today, I fumbled, she flew away and then back towards the hive before I lost her. Waited a few hours and went looking for the queen in the hive again but no luck spotting her. Looking for guidance.

How likely is she to make it back to the hive?

I did get some paint on her but not much and didn't have time to let it dry so not confident she'd still be blue.

I think we have at least two queen cells. Didn't want to kill them if they might become my replacement.

Or should I just order a new queen?

EDIT: 3 days later, spotted the queen, she made her way back.

I overwintered my bees in a brood box with a super on top. The middle 3-4 super frames have brood/eggs/larvae in them and still have plenty of honey stores in the rest of the frames. Would it be bad to add another brood box on top when the population starts to boom? Or should I use a queen excluder and wait for the brood to clear the super? The hive seems pretty strong coming out of winter. Had this hive swarm last year and I didn't know if waiting for the super to clear could make them want to swarm again.

Is this a bad spot to put hives? This would be the west side of the barn. Normally I don’t see water laying here, but the horses were back there and rutted it all up plus a bunch of heavy rain recently. Located in North Central Ohio

3rd year beekeeper in Edmonton, Canada. The main purpose of this post is to ask what I should do with the frames with bee poop on the tops of them (see pictures). I’m also not sure what to do with the one or two frames that have some mould on them.

The secondary purpose is to ask if you all think that dysentery is what killed my hive. There wasn’t much poop on the outside of the hive, and only the five of so frames from the top box (I overwinter on two deeps) have poop on them and only on the very top really. The bees had lots of honey left. I know that they died in mid February amid an extreme cold snap (several weeks of highs not much warmer than -20C or approx -5 ferhenheit with the coldest temps around -40). Oddly, the cluster was on an outside frame when they died. Any and all advice welcome.

I’m a beekeeper in SE Pennsylvania. I’d like to move my hive about a hundred yards. Any tips on how to do it? I’m not planning to close up the entrances, move them, and then open the hive tomorrow morning.

Any suggestions on how to do this differently?

Reason why is because I have fruit trees, and the bees aren’t giving them much attention. There are too many other trees in bloom. I’d like to move the bees so that the trees are directly in front of the hive.

Love from Las Vegas 💝🐝

Went to Clarkson today and picked up three new colonies and installed them

I think it looks very good. The other two Bee colonies didn’t survive the winter so I only have one left. I just started with the Apiary last year in spring (Germany)

New beekeeper here from Virginia. I kept my frames in a plastic storage container in the basement during the winter and got a massive hive wax moth infestation. I scraped off all the comb and froze the frames to kill off any remaining larva & eggs from the wax moths. Is it okay to use these frames now in my honey super?Will the bees clean them up further? Or should I replace them with new frames that have been prepped with wax?

Does anyone have this model of steam wax melter? The instructions I got are dismal and incomprehensible (or I’m an idiot), and I would be grateful if someone could tell me how to use it.

The main issue is that I don’t know which way to put in the internal drum, pictured in second picture (whether base is lower to the floor of the main tank, or higher above it) and when to use the tap.

If I put it closer to the floor, the filter and all the gunk is sitting in the wax. If I put it higher above the floor, I can’t get the internal drum out once everything cools down.

Thanks

I have a friend who keeps putting a hive in my yard in SW Nebraska. The bees were active 3-4 weeks ago. I was outside and wandered down to the hive today and noticed no movement. It was sunny and 50*F , there should have been movement. I listened and there was no sound. Decided to open it up and the results are in the picture. Any ideas?

I added a super a couple weeks back, now temps are supposed to drop to 38 degrees tomorrow. The 2 hives consist of 2 deeps, both were full to about 80% and the new medium super I added. I'm afraid I've given them to much space, should I pull the super or do you guys think they will be ok. 3rd year beekeeper in north east texas. Thank you

I'm used to removing cork from queen cage then let them release her by chewing through the candy. I installed two Italian packages just now with one frame of drawn comb each deep, the rest just foundation on frames. When I popped the cork out there was no candy to keep the queen in. Both queen cages are on the drawn frame opened so she can leave the cage at any time. Did I mess up?

Hive came out of winter banging! We did a split a week ago and put the queen in the new hive w 5 wax foundation frames and a mix of brood and food to fill up the 10.

The original hive is a medium on a deep. Same deal, took the five frames from the deep and replaced w wax foundation frames. After winter, Super is now a brood box - medium filled w brood. They are noisy and making a new queen, I hope!

The issue is, there are still a ton of bees in the original box. I worry that they may swarm once they get a queen even if they should be busy building comb out on the new frames. Will the population be reduced over the next several weeks while we wait for a new queen? Shall we just let them go do their bee business? 85 degrees here and bearding photo attached.

I have been beekeeping for a while, but I lost my hive in the winter and they left me with roughly 20 frames of capped honey. I decided to keep it for my NUC and new colony to feed them. I am wondering when should I put the honey frames in the hive. Should I put all frames in there at once or add them gradually ?

Mods etc please free feel to take this down as I know it may not be a good question to ask here.

Basically I'm looking at where to buy honeycomb in particular (in the UK, Yorkshire) for my friend as she's a big fan. I have no idea where to acquire this as I've only had it in Greece before. So I looked at some general places online and saw Cartwright and Butler and thought it looked quite nice (link below). Does anyone know how good their quality is or any advice for honeycomb?

Also if anyone is familiar with my area or how to find local beekeepers who sell honeycomb then I would love to look into that.

I know it's better to support local farmers but right now I do not know of any and they are often more expensive in my experience, which is fair enough of course, but I cannot afford very expensive (young and broke).

Thank you if anyone can help

Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

Just wanted to share a happy story!

I ordered a full suit for my 6yo and it arrived today. He was so excited to help me do a hive inspection! This was his first time getting close to the action (he’s been worried about getting stung so he mostly stays clear of the hive), and he was soooooo into it. He helped pry apart frames, he operated the smoker, he brushed bees out of the way when I needed to move things, and he wanted to see and learn about every feature of the hive — he inspected every frame we pulled out and asked questions and loved every bit of it. Our hive seems to be thriving and I think I’ve got the next generation excited for this hobby!

hey, here from Italy. i seem to have a solitary bee in a hole next to my window and i think she made a nest because she comes and goes. she doesnt seem to mind me, also she has never come inside even though the window is pretty much always open. she is roughly the size of a bumblebee, maybe slightly larger, very fuzzy, not very yellow but rather reddish brown. i peeked but cant really see well inside the hole. i would hate to remove her and bother her, is it ok to leave her to do her thing? is it unsafe in any sort of way?