Recent content by sgeek

Feeling slightly less c##ppy today! LOL. If you have them and the queen answers to the name of fluffy and climbs on your hand say hello from me! :-)

managed to do absolutly nothing in the Apiary today. In fact have not managed to get to my last surviving hive in about 8 days. Surprise, surprise it appears the queen cells I thought I might have missed in my last inspection were! Email today from a ex-beek who has an allotment with mine and...

managed to get down to my 2 hives to do the oxalic today. Both clustered and decidely upset when I took the roof off :-) they were even more upset with the acid being put in. Another first for this newbie ticked off the massive list of stuff to do in the beekeeping lark. My first hive does look...

All, Many thanks for the advice, guidance and references. I managed to get an experienced keeper to take a quick look yesterday. He believes it is emergency cells (Itma, thank you for that excellent pamphlet link would have confirmed what I originally thought for me a lot earlier). A case now...

May I ask the combined experience on this thread some advice and confirmation (again!) first year noob. I did an inspection last Monday after a 10 day gap. (weather/family/work and long weekend away is my feeble excuse). Intended to check stores level, development progress prior to starting...

I am trying, but am only one man with a PCP air rifle and only a few shooting permissions :-) Once successful in obtaining the Rabbits and Squirrels these will be utilised to produce the basis of a kick arse meal/BBQ! Let me check if they are on the authorised shooting list :reddevil: Not on...

Thanks to all. The colony is still small and only on 3 frames of brood at the moment. Thank you for pointing out the thread I asked about. interesting point about the DN5 vs DN4 and noted. I will be returning next week with a prepared frame to give saving the brood a go. Another good point...

From my previous posts absolute noob :-) Did an inspection today and everything appears to be ticking along in a textbook manner apart from the bit of the textbook the bees have failed to read. The ladies have managed to build a comb between 2 Hoffman Frames. It is only attached to 1 Frame. I...

Thanks Pete. You would think with 2 kids dealt with and now booted out.....sorry making their own way in the world I would have the 'sit back and let it happen' weighed off by now:) Thought I was being patient:willy_nilly:

Thanks PH, I now understand what you mean about the numbers of brood frames in a purchased Nuc. I have put that one down to a Newbie mistake and jumping a bit quick. live and learn. Thanks for the advice about the foundation. Had already positioned them in the middle of the new foundation, so...

I obtained a 5 frame Nuc 10 days ago. Queen present along with what appeared to be a healthy amount of bees. 2 frame of brood. some capped some still open with healthy looking larvae present. Have not seen any eggs yet. I have taken the point from my practicals on newbie course that my glasses...

You are not kidding. I actually lost sleep last night worrying about things I have no control over :-(

What did I do in the Apiary today...... Nothing! Having moved the ladies from their transport Nuc to their new home I am now learning the truth about beekeepers needing a strong dose of patience. The urge to 'just take a quick look' has been very strong :-) I must be patient and leave it until...

Returned from a long car journey with a Nuc full of bees. Now in position in the Apiary. Now its time to put all the theory into practice :eek:

veering off topic for a second. A tropical depression (numbered) deepens and becomes a Tropical storm, at that point it is named, as that storm deepens it becomes a Hurricane and keeps its name. Hurricanes are now named Male/Female alternately from a cyclic list of names. If a Hurricane has...