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thank you all i now know theres no law it all started two years ago i a had chickens and the noise scard there daughter so i found new home for them next day she left her husband so now i was putting hives out and the husband put his head over the fence and told me his house is up for sale he...

hello i dont know if this is the right place to ask but i am just starting to keep bees and have been building my own hives and i placed them in the garden and one person next door said theres a law out saying i cant keep beers in my garden i live in a Terraced house my garden backs on to a...

hello can you tell me is it right that if you got a nasty hive doing a lot of stining by changeing the queen they will calm down how does the queen altra the bees thank you

thank you is Dave Cushman a british bee keeper i will look at his site thanks paul

hello every one in my reading and on dvds i see and hear about mini nuc,mating nuc and queen castles ,queen timing box and a frame i dont know name of but A banking frame holds several individual queen cages. The queens are put in the cages without attendants, then the frame is put into a...

thank you and itma for the download link got more reading tonight

hello i am thinking by some of your replys that you think i whatch to much youtube and read to much so can you tell me what are the best organic/Naturally pest control and feed additives used in the uk or what do you all add to uur hives to help the bees thank you paul

thank you all for replying i see here in the uk you dont think oils work as a organic/Naturally way to treat the bees or to help with feeding them i see its a big thing in the usa what do us in the uk use

hello does any one use ESSENTIAL OILS like lemon grass or tea tree oil mixed in to your bee feed or to control mites any advice on useing them thanks paul

hello every one ive seen on some videos that feeding sugar water is not good for our bees as it only contains sucrose were as feeding them honey is better because its got all the vitamins amino acids etc etc if this is right do i feed it in a top hive feeder thank you paul :rules:

please can some one help is the carrdiff beekeepers still going as ive been to there web page and use there messageing page to asked how to join and sent a email to the sec but am geting no replys we are talking about months waiting do you know of any bee clubs around newport thank you paul...

i will keep my first hives hopfully in my garden ive got no experience with bees but am reading a lot and youtube and help here i like the rose hive its simple and all the same boxs and frames so i can make my own

thanks you hello alldigging both my legs cant walk for long or up and down stairs but getting better i was thinking of useing nucs first then put them into rose hives would start in new seaon 2015 theses will be my first bees

hello every one can you help a muppet as my old boss said i am trying to keep bees on a very tight amount of money as i am on the sick long term but is it possible to buy one Package of bees and one extra queen and share the packsge between two boxs and put one queen in each would they have...

thank you all for making me welcome and i will buy one hive in flat pack and i will copy it like dn170221 said in his reply thanks paul