Recent content by cravenr

Not a Del Boy. But yep. I can consider two types: A. Somebody stealing to order. ie responding to a "Do you know where I can buy some bees?" in a pub and B. the evil type who kick over the hive just for fun - running away laughing. Those who respond -yes they would get stung. I say thats all...

By talking to any paper - would we be advertising to would be thieves that hives are worth stealing. It's bad enough that the scrap men (who so far bypass the hives) raid the sheds for bits of metal.

Those big black bees. Here is a question that's not answered in my bee books: If the drone has only half the chromosones ie no dad, which half does it have. A. The half from his queen grandmother. B. The other half from his grandfather. C. Either or D. a random mixture from his mother (the...

Big black bees are drones. Thanks chaps. Books, films and courses are nothing against real hands on experience.

I seem to have a steady flow of bees larger than my own. They are black and twice as big. Mine are mongrel and dark. Could they be drones? If this is robbing - what is the best action to take? 1. fit a mouse guard , with holes too small for the larger bee. 2. Reduce the entrance hole from three...

I'm in Morley (South Leeds), is that far enough away. If so when can I view?