Recent content by Lanark

Thanks Gavin. If i understand correctly, I should make up a smaller bait box, then move them into the main hive once they have laid eggs?

Hi, Funnily enough we have never seen the bees swarm. We see them come and go through their entrance under a roof tile. Sometimes they come out on the south facing side of the house, but inside the house, usually a bit groggy. Or on the ground looking very lethargic. We figured that having...

Thanks for the tip. Not sure we grant to cutting away plasterboard in the upper level of the house to remove some of them, but it got us wondering about trapping some of them. Will trapped bees in a new hive, adopt that hive and a new Queen, if kept apart but in close proximity? Or will they...

Hi all We are new to the forum and new to bee keeping. Our interest arose after we discovered that what we think may be black bees are living in our roof space. One hive at either end of the house. Our house is a converted church and the bees have been there since before the conversion in 1996...