Here goes

About 2 weeks ago, I set up my still empty Warré as a bait hive. As usual with me, there was a pile of junk nearby, and part of this was a dilapidated nuc. When the first swarm arrived, it chose the nuc. Thinking that the swarms may well prefer nucs, I decided to put a nuc and the Warré side by side and take whatever offered itself.
The nuc is about 30 litres and has 4 frames of the most foul comb that I could find.
The 2 Warré boxes have a combined 36 litres capacity. I removed all ...

Finally I have my first Warré hive, complete with 4 boxes (best to be optimistic).In the end I decided to go with top bars rather than frames, but that can be changed over later.It was made for me by Frank down the road who is very skilled with wood and only charged 2 rabbits. I've been rubbing it all over the inside with wax and propolis and the entrance with a lemon smelling plant- verveine citronnelle. I think it's too late to catch a decent swarm this year, but my wife says that it looks nice, ...