Recent content by Heather

No, they have got swarm mode out of their thinking, so just remove the poorer /older of the two queens and as long as you give them plenty of work to do, just newspaper join back together- queen right underneath..... those of us who don't rejoin end up with too many hives.. BUT always keep at...

Timing is everything! Went to check my bees, admittedly left a 10 day gap:sleep:, and the bees were 'excited'! (not to see me though!). A hundred + up front of hive.. I thought 'NO you don't!) grabbed a spare BB , went into hive and found 4 lovely, very ripe queen cells. Found original queen...

n the evening,I trapped the bees in the supers, all blocked in , to move them. Moved Brood boxes as soon as all bees settling. Then stuck supers back on original colonies on new site. new queens in, in a cage. 2 days later , checked and both queens out, and hives were much nicer. A little in my...

Hmmm.. yes probable right.. good thinking.. I will requeen soon , shame as she is a beauty to see, laying well, pattern good.. just a b.....y terrorist!..

Bit harsh!

Final roundup. bees all moved to new apiary site.. And don't understand why, but foul queen that I didn't bump off- now in 5 frame observation hive - is good to handle again.. (when previously the colony chased my bee buddy chap 100yds down the road and he got 5 stings!) But sorted.. :cool:

sorted thanks.. but BBKA website swarm collectors a 20 mile radius of no beekeepers from Lymm..

Wednesday 2.30 Anyone in Lymm Cheshire area want a swarm call me 01825 722066

Only killed 1 bee. - Queen! other queen , though foul, is being useful in an Obs hive, temporarily.

Update .. Bo**ocks.. " 2 people stung about 100yds from my hives. My hives are not on my land, and the owner has now insisted I remove all asap!! I did explain that there was a queen problem I was rectifying as fast as possible.... carnolian queens arrive tomorrow.....but decision made. Hey ho...

Oh yes, usually explain they are temporary, safe and good learning feature. Some agree to keep, others insist I remove so I end up with extra bird boxes. One knuckledragger insisted I remove every bumble bee from his birdbox, which he insisted remained...and It was apparently MY JOB TO..so I...

Split, so one of the hives is queenright.. give them a frame of young brood from other hive (shake bees off). It will help in the interim till new queen delivered.

Hmmmm... already killed mad queen from one colony and put other mad queen into a observation hive Nuc as just been reminded am to give a talk next month and usually take a sealed hive.

I will put queen into brood box (still caged) return to original site and add original supers... hoping they still remember each other after 2 days apart!!

I had a neighbour that had a sit-on- lawnmower, and the bees from over a hedge about 8' away stung him. The vibration through the ground did upset them... I moved my bees as he reacted badly - medically not emotionally, bless him..