Recent content by Quatermass

2 swarms moved into the 2 bait hives in my garden 2 weeks ago. Today's inspection reveals one hive with HM starting to lay eggs. The other has no evidence of eggs or larvae(plenty of stores and pollen) but central comb has one sealed queen cell and 4 with developing larvae. Could a queen have...

26c around here so I put some apiguard on 5 of the hives.Congratulating myself on a job well done and no stings to boot.Then as I was putting the equipment away I managed to spear my fingers on an uncapping fork. Hurt like hell I can tell you...but did I cry or complain?Just a bit...:rolleyes:

Hi Brad.Welcome to the forum. We welsh beekeepers do sometimes wander off-topic...its because we have naturally inquistive minds.Not quite as one-tracked as our english neighbours:) And sheep honey tastes wonderful...

On Saturday had fun capturing a nice swarm 25 feet up an oak tree.Health and safety police would have gone nuts as the easiest way to get at it was in the bucket of the farmers mechanical digger!One of those is now on my christmas wish list...