Recent content by Almorley

Preferably from the York/Harrogate/Leeds area. My own honey harvest has been fairly poor this year and will struggle to fulfill my commitments. If anyone has a few surplus buckets, I would be interested in buying them. Thanks.

Ivy and (still) Himalayan balsam flow on here. My bees are near a disused railway line and there must be hundreds of trees all covered in ivy and all flowering. I walked along it yesterday and the scent was strong coming from the woodland let alone my hives. No need for feeding this year. I’m...

I had a good spring honey harvest on Sunday, and after the extraction, I put the spinner, buckets and filters out for the bees. This usually creates a frenzy but they are absolutely not interested in taking back what was theirs. There are more bees in the water trough 5 feet away from the...

The BBKA PL Policy will (and does) make regular payments for beekeepers who are liable in whatever (PL) claim is being brought against them. This could be alleged injury, defamation, negligence, nuisance, breach of contract, possibly even a threatened injunction (etc). What is critical in my...

I checked my gives last night and saw one rather frantic looking wasp under the glass crown board. I've got a piece of mesh covering the feeding holes to stop them sneaking in that way (or out it seems!). The bees didn't appear to be too agreessive to it though - quite passive in fact. I'd...

Thank you! John, I'm a (non-active) member of the York BKA.

Just to say hello from Wetherby, Yorkshire. I've had between 1-5 hives (trying to keep it down to around 3 to balance work and child commitments) for the past four seasons. Mainly WBCs. Plus another two on the roof at work in York. Yesterday I vowed not to use a 'crown of thorns' again...