Recent content by Adam Bourne

Hi all, I apologize if some of you have seen this post before, only I'm drawing my data collection to a close soon and am just trying for any new more responses. My name's Adam and I'm a Master's student at Imperial College London, and as part of my own Master's project I am focusing on...

Cheers, Ian. That's really help thanks

Hi all, My name's Adam and I'm a Master's student at Imperial College London, and as part of my own Master's project I am focusing on beekeeping practices and honey bee disease. So I've created a short survey to get a better understanding of what techniques are being used by beekeepers in the...

Would definitely go with Eva Crane's stuff - so informative. Thankfully I got mine at a library, bit expensive if you want to buy it unfortunately!

Very interesting to read as a new beekeeper

Uni student doing a project on bees and looking to learn more. Also thinking about starting keeping my own bees at home so any tips no matter how obvious they might seem will be very much welcome!

Thank you, this is a really good idea because I'm just gathering information at the moment and not started beekeeping yet

Ah that's really helpful I'll take a look. Cheers.

Not got an apiary yet but doing its of research and reading before I start - anybody care to recommend any beginners books I should pick up??

As a newbie I would definitely find this useful!

Could you post any of the tips from the article on this thread? Would be really interested to see them as I'm learning myself at the moment

The closer your bees are to the general public, the more likely they are to be disturbed. Never underestimate how inconsiderate some people can be!

Good luck with the new venture - Keep posting as I'd be interested to see how you get on!