Recent content by Longslowbaker

I agree with you Beagle23. I have not opened the hive itself yet. Only lifted the roof to check that they have enough syrup. They don't actually seem to feed from it that much. What I can see during my time wasting activity is a fair amount of bees coming in with pollen. I take that as a good...

@enrico: I should see her again in a couple of weeks hopefully. I will make sure to tell her. She is indeed a very lovely person. I am getting slightly obsessed with my bees now. Alison told me to leave the hive alone for a couple of weeks so I will but she never said that I can't go and watch...

Well 3 months later and I now have my own beehive. Last weekend the lovely Alison from ABC brought one colony from a split she made earlier. They seem to be doing well and are feeding nicely. And this afternoon while looking at them from a distance I saw one worker coming home loading with...

Ok then here is my first "silly" question. The trousers...inside the boot or over the boot?

Thanks Kenson. I am going to print your post and stick to the wall as a reminder. I received my hive kit yesterday so should start assembling it soon but apparently not before I finish the greenhouse according to my wife :)

Thanks all for the welcome! I live in Market Drayton so would definitely like to link with some local beekeepers. My next step is to join the Shropshire BKA. I have ordered a hive and it should arrive soon. I will then need to assemble it and in between I will look for some practical...

Hello all, I have been intrigued by bees for a long time now but was never in a position to contemplate starting a hive. Situation change and I now have the space and time (well more than before) to be able to do it. I just finished an introduction to bee keeping crash course which "scary" and...