Recent content by Scammell

Hello Paul..... Lol, yes, still have the hens although not the same ones we had when you last visited and the chicken run still stands strong, made by my own fair hands!! Hope all well with you, must try and catch up when all this madness comes to an end Nigel

Thank you. Yes I am very fortunate and having this engine has made me realise that many times. I bought it some years ago in need of some serious work on the boiler which over a number of years was taken care of and eventually I was up on the footplate shovelling Welsh steam coal into the...

I am a victorian engineer in modern day clothes.... My main hobby is keeping my 1926 Aveling and Porter E Type Steam Roller in fine fettle and on the road!!

I'm not a regular contributor in here, far from it in fact. I like to lurk and glean bits of info along the way and contribute if I have anything more meaningful to say which is hardly ever given the long standing and very experienced Bee Keepers we have here but back to your point... This in...

Yes confidence inspiring indeed.... All three of my hives had a huge amount of activity yesterday, sun was out and temp up... Looked like an early summer day at the apiary...

I guess its all about location and interpretation.... The location, being Home Counties, means that any property here is usually well out of reach for even the better paid outside of farming and very few farms provide cottages round these parts. They were seen as Assets and as such were traded...

Yes agreed, back in the day. Such times when a farm worker got a tied cottage, produce from the land and enough of his own land to grow a good selection of goods... These days all the cottages have been sold to the "Townies" as rural retreats and if you know any decent property around the St...

I have always had a great interest in the world outside of the living room and in particular "The Rural Life" I was born and semi raised on my grandfathers farm in Hertfordshire and it was a life I always wanted to be part of. Sadly we get older, responsibilities get to us and very soon the...

All change this evening.... some very funny behaviour going on... Bees no longer hanging swarm like under the hive which I feel a bit better about Lss than half the number of bees that were underneath are now on the front of the hive. Also now have them clinging to one leg of the stand...

Yes Buckfast..... Will be taking a look tomorrow as I don't want to open it up when I get home from work this eve.. Hopefully all will be well

Well the queen isn't clipped in this one so if she is there she has come out the entrance...... But it might be the case. As for swarming... A bit late in the year for that but I guess its possible. If so lets hope she finds her way back from whence she came.

So got back from work tonight and as always went up to see what the bees were up to... Was about 6 - 6.30 so wasn't expecting much. Quite surprised to see lots of activity round the entrances of all three hives and even pollen going in. Warm evening and plenty of Ivy still in flower within our...

I am no expert but I believe the reason they suggest to use Apiguard while not feeding is so the bees spend all their energy trying to evacuate the gel from the hive, spreading it around as they do, and not concentrate on taking food down into the frames instead. I am not feeding as I already...

My hedges are covered with ivy and several close by trees are awash with it.... All three hives absolutely "Buzzing" today with lots of pollen going in... A few pictures of the bees on the ivy.....

The recent rain has managed to get the Ivy flowering in South Bedfordshire now.... Bees loving it so far and masses still to come....