I picked my username to say im a p*****r and i love to keep bees so not for reward at all and will change it willingly so i can keep learning from this fantastic forum, so i will go with the majority vote. not worthy
i moved 2 hives about 2 months ago and it was 5 miles away left them for exactly 2 weeks and moved them to the new site which was 30 meters north of starting site mostly all was ok but had several hundred bees at each old locations. I put a branch in front of each hive at the new location and...
I think the bee proof suit fencing type hood is crap i used it twice and the mesh practically fell appart so i removed it .I still use the suit with a comercial type veil seems to be ok for me.
regards Rob
Hello everyone
this has probably been asked before so appologies in advance
what are people charging for a half pound jar full off honey inc label seal etc
best regards Rob
I have just moved 2 hives to a friends land short term, distance approx 5 miles. i have done this because i needed to move them about 15 meters from my house but over a big fence and also a wall so the 3 feet rule seemed unsuitable both to myself and the poor bees so i thought move them away and...
Had 3 of mine (apideas) join together this week with 1 queen and swarm, collected them from a neighbours shrub.
i had mine half open on the mesh and the door fully open