Recent content by Beacagusmeal

Thanks! All these answers are very helpful.

By the way, while I don't want to get up my neighbours' noses, and probably won't put hives in my own garden because of this, this Guardian piece says there are lots of hives all over London on official buildings. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/05/affordable-beekeeping-beehaus...

I'm in Ireland, and we have a reasonably sequestered place where the bees will be happy and well fed.

Ah, I see, thank you. And what about how much honey you can expect per hive?

A very beginning question, if you'd be so kind - I'm thinking of keeping bees, but how many hives would it be normal to keep in a suburban garden, and how much honey would you normally get (rough guesstimate) from one hive? I looked at the FAQ, but it seems to be only about forum use.