Recent content by Nottmnewbee

I’ve been feeding my hives the last few weeks, most of them are building up nicely, the best hive appears to be one that were in a nuc only a week or so ago that are now over 8 frames, they have stores so I have popped on supers as the weather looks like it’s going to turn. I have one hive...

Nuc for sale Buckfast F1 queen, bees were treated for varroa last autumn. Pick up in your own nuc 170, correx box 180 or Paynes Poly nuc £230 Local delivery possible for small charge. Bees are in Southwell Nottingham NG25

Decided to go in despite the cooler weather, moved a very productive Nuc into a full hive, with my first homemade underfloor entrance. They seem happy enough in there. Checked my other hives, my recently introduced F1 has disappeared and a large lovely looking (unexpected) queen is laying up...

I did mine yesterday, the car told me it was 17 degrees, the girls were out flying and I’d recently moved them to my new house so thought I’d go in!! They looked great and I’m v pleased I got to see them!!

I recently moved house and now have space for my own apiary in the garden!! So a couple of days back I moved both my hives and the couple of overwintered nukes into a nice space tucked away in the garden. A day later when it hit 17 degrees I did my first inspection. Brood in all stages and a...

Hi All, After many years of thinking about it, I took the plunge. Picked up my first nuc from a local breeder. I have now moved them into a Thornes Cedar National, they’ve doubled in size and pretty much fill 10 frames. So far so good, look forward to chatting in the future.