Recent content by Roobarb

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I could leave them where they are and simply re-queen, but obviously there are no guarantees that the re-queened colony will be passive enough to for me to enjoy the garden without risk of stings and walk around without having to duck under their flight path...

Hello all - first post for me ;-) I have a couple of questions about moving my hive and my choice of location for its new site. I currently have a single colony (still alive as of a week ago) that's located at the end of my garden. The trouble is that the bees are somewhat feisty, having come...