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I have finally moved the bees to a new location. It took me about half an hour. There were two side screws that I took off and so I could move the old birdbox. I have moved it 5 meters forward, between a quince tree and a cherry tree, and I've hanged it onto a light pole. Later in Sept or Oct...

I have two identical bird boxes on the same side of the same shed. About 3 - 4 years ago the bees were inhabiting the other birdhouse, while this one was indeed occupied by some little birds. Now there's no more birds, and the bees are just in this box; the other box is vacant. As for the new...

Thanks Dani, Why, or where will they go in August? And how do they know to come back to the same box next year, or are these a different swarm of bees that just found the old one built be the predecessors? Indeed late summer last year I didn't see them anymore, but now they're back. How do...

Hi all, and thanks for replies. Please have a look at these pictures. I have to move them out of there, because I am in the process of building a new shed, bigger than the old one. So I started building it around the old one, as the new one is so big it will swallow the old one. But the old...

Oh, thanks for such quick replies. Bird's house is no more than 20cm high; 12 cm wide; 12 cm deep (from memory). I'll check tonight, and also will take some pictures and post them tomorrow. Thank you, Regards.

Hi, I have never kept bees, so I got no knowledge of anything related to them. I do not want to become a mass production bee keeper, Is just that I have an old bird's house in my little garden, and some bees have taken it last year. Now it looks like they are too many bees for the little...