Recent content by telford_keeper

Looking for AMM bees in the Shropshire area, please PM me with information or offers. Thank you.

I had one hive, Hobby bee keeper and opened them 2 weeks and they were looking very weak in numbers, put some fondant in (THEN LOTS OF SNOW!!) and uncovered them yesterday. Hadn't touched the food and all were starved or frozen by the looks of it, lots of bees head first into the comb. :( So...

Wire wool, from tough sheep Wire wool is an excellent thing stuffed into the nozzle, it doesn't need replacing too often, and is very cheap.

Centurions had them I have to point out here that there is evidence in Cave drawings, pyramids which depict bees being kept. and Roman writers documented that legions would have beehives because they knew Honey was a useful resource to have to feed and treat wounds.

Excellent info, big thanks to you all I never thought of actually using their supply of propolis from the beehive itself. I took some brace come off, but it was too cold to mould into the hole, and the light wasn't exactly great with it being cloudy. These are the kind of tips that you cant...

It was the back and front I stayed there a while watching the ones come in the back from across the wheat field and they were squeezing through a gap between the floor and the removable board. They were also going in the two holes at the front.

do bees go in? Have you got a picture of your wasp catchers. And do the bees not go in and die too?

The reason they are all clustered in the middle like that is because I had just removed the reducer to take the photo. They are not established enough to defend the whole opening, and with only 5 frames with comb and brood, it will be a short time before they are ready for the next size up...

I had thought that they might be getting through from somewhere else, but i have checked the gaps for the correx sheet, and the wooden block is very well sized and made. The only thing I haven't checked is if there is a gap by the entrance which they might be slipping through. I didn't think...

I will get a photo this evening without disturbing them too much, as they are still orientating I would have thought. But just to reply to some of the posts, the mesh is this type here... item number 26081080169 on a very well known auction site...

I have only had my bees for a couple of days and was wondering if it was normal behaviour if they squeeze through the varroa floor. Is this a sign of too little/ too much bottom space?? I don't want to disturb them until they have had about 5 days to settle into their new place, and I have...

Thank you all for the replies. Excellent info. I knew that I should have joined this forum sooner, rather than just reading the threads.

Thank you.. I would definitely love to come and see you and get some tips. I have my hive assembled and coated it in the sun yesterday with linseed oil. I know there is a couple of bee events in shropshire soon, one at Wyevale, Telford and another in market drayton, so i will be trying to...

I am new to bee keeping in the sense that I have only just purchased a hive, but I have been reading and thinking about it for ages. I have recently been given the space and chance to have a hive at my girlfriends parents house, as they live near RAF Shawbury and are surround by hectares and...

Is there any local shops or farm shops in Shropshire or the west midlands which stock hive parts, wax foundations etc...?? I have used online stores but the foundations always seem to be a little damaged when they arrive.