Have just been inspected by local bee inspector...
Somebody very close to my hives (1mile radius) had brought a nuc from a uk supplier and it had died during the winter. The supplier had imported the bees and sold them with a clean bill of health forgetting to mention that other nucs had been...
Collected a large swarm last week (01/10). A family had returned from a weeks holiday to find the swarm in a tree by the entrance to the house. Bees flying everywhere so please could I move them at once!!!
They are now housed in a nuc box and feeding rapidly but their fate will depend on how...
Bees Still flying - straight at me! Hefted hive but lowered it a bit too quickly. Out they came looking for the intruder in a very aggressive manner and found a very careless bee keeper with no veil on......
Now I know I should have been more careful but can somebody explain why normally quiet...