Recent content by davidchevell

Series 2 Landrover I have a 1961 Series 2 Landrover. Go anywhere within reason , no road tax and classic insurance this year £74 . If you buy a good series Landrover they are cheap to run and will retain there value if not increase some . I can put four hives in mine plus supas and all the...

Wasps You need to make the entrance as small as possible by what every means so the bees can defend , foam , strip of cardboard , piece of wood get creative , you could also have a look around for the wasp nest and deal with them .

Queen cells Sorry you are in a fix , but you have another colony so you can put a frame in the queenless colony , buy a queen or unit. Best lesson I have learnt , do not remove q cells until you have been through the hive and considered your options just mark the frames, as with many things...

Great Day Things have calmed, 10 colonies up to now 8 are queen right and one is drone layer and one queen less needing to be amalgamated with its original . Now need some honey to make a good year .

Swarms Anyone having problem with Virgin queens mating, seems to be taking for ever.

Swarm After being in a swarm on Thursday I have been back this morning to find my favourite queen is in the box I put her in yesterday , so pleased.

Swarms In a swarm on Thursday , opened one of my hives and out they came amazing . Not interested in me settled on the hedge nearby so I collected them, been to see them this morning and they are there my favourite queen

Wasps Possibly a little soon to worry about wasps, strong colonies will cope look after the weaker ones . You will know when the time arrives but they might find something else to do. Have a good year .

Always consider why you are going into a hive and when there never do anything until you are happy you have covered all the possibilities

Contact for leicestershire Leicestershire and Rutland BeeKeepers Association have members in the area, the secretary can be contacted from the web site .

Pollen My girls are bringing in Ivy , Aster and Dalia pollen.

Had a look in Dorothy Hodges , The Pollen Loads of Honey Bees, great book. It looks like Copper Beech.

Did a talk for the fist time a few weeks a go, there are many interesting bee facts on internet plus i keep it simple what each did, the fact that it is a mainly female society seems to suprise people. Good Luck

Try your local Bee Keeping association or club they normally have a supply of jars.