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    Very high swarm

    Keep us posted! Will be great if it works.
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    Honey bees and children?

    Hi, I have 3 children (5, 8, 13) and over the past 5 years have increased the number of hives in the back garden to 4 - this proved too many bees for our garden and so have moved them to a local farm. Whilst in the garden we never had any big problems with the children and bees. I think the...
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    Trained bees at airports

    There are several articles on the daily telegraph website.....just search for bees security tongues. There is also an article on the telegraph website that shows the device where the bees go...looks like a greyhound trap....but i could not locate it
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    What to do with an aggresive hive

    Thanks Sam will do as you suggest......sound very sensible
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    What to do with an aggresive hive

    Hello all, I have 3 hives and am based in Northamptonshire - two hives contain lovely docile bees that require just a little smoking when inspecting them, they just get on with what bees do....gently humming away. The third hive is very aggresive - they regulary try to sting me - they make...
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    Could my holiday stop me from keeping bees?

    My thoughts are that they are unlikely to swarm this year, and once you get your hive, you will probably not want to go on holiday anyway. Go for it. Get the hive!
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    Solid Honeycomb

    It was a lovely day here today and so I took the lids off my three hives for the first time this year - two of the hives are solid full of bees and the third has a reasonable amount, so I am deilghted. I over wintered my bees on a standard national brood box, with a super on top.....with the...
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    How long does my Queen have to mate?

    Thank you, I will be patient and wait.....
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    How long does my Queen have to mate?

    Hello! I had a swarm on that lovely warm weekend at the end of April.......before you tell me what a wreckless bee keeper I have been and that I should have kept my bees under control, my defence is that i am a beginner and that my books say start swarm control measures from May. Anyway, with...
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