Recent content by Terrysbees

Just run out look's like I will be heading north before south soon, did the campervan get there.

Hi Pete first thing I made couple bits of floorboad and 2 2"x11/4" oakjust a bit longer than width any thinner an it bends works well , like the rest of your vidios, but I still prefer glue and screws. Terry

Hi Heather my bees have been comming in loaded down with Himalayan balslm. they are collecting it from a few yrds from there hives, if they are out in morning i will take some pic do you want bees on plant or bees going in hive top or side view the only trouble they go in on mass not single and...

Very intresting pictures you can lean a lot from them

My bee's were still comming in 1 hr ago loaded with balsom they looked like ghosts, late commers i will leve the landing lights on for first thing in moring i will be out thre wireing hives for lights should i go for 12v or 240v i hate to think my bees are all in dark

Hi Mon 13.56 overcast gusty 19c Longmynd Shropshire bee's working like mad still bringing plenty of white pollen one hive about 25 % red pollen, had to fill the bird bath again the bee's soon lower the level, several fighting on edge of water they both end up swimming,put in twigs but they...

Hi can anyone tell me how varro is transfered from hive to hive ,it appear's to have started in this country in south and has now reached scotland, as these thing don't look like they can fly surley it must bee bad mangment somewhere as if every body is treating it , is it transferd by people...

Hi if it was a water tank you would fill it with water, try the same thing put a powerfull light inside and walk round it in dark you will find it leaks like a water tank. Terry

Hi go to the Scotish beekkeepes site all ther measurments are inches for all hives and frames

Hi daft question from newcommer, who tried skydiving without chute bit flat down right side time to think. 14x12 it keeps comming up is this the size of frame or brood box do you requir a extra deep brood box or is this what is ment by one & a half brood a brood plus super with brood in. I made...

Hi we had to bumble bees nest dug out by badgers, outside our place , plenty of bumble be in our garden on lavender and Hollyhock they fall on ground full of pollen, our bees either don't mix well or prefere balsom. Our neighbour had a dozen hen's taken by fox's got some more they went same way...

Hi will any type of sugar i was woundering if it had to be and powdry or course, I can see them comming out like fairy cakes

Hi I live only a few mls away after seeing oneI traveled 165 mls each way to Somerset for a cedar.Hivemaker, 3 weeks later I went for another, I will build my own cedar this winter its cheaper to build your own but a lot of time involved you have all winter to do it, it depends on knocking a...

I grew vandos from seed planted on window cill 14 march. now very tall plants 6 to 7 truss big even fruit, I strip the leaves to about half that grow and cut off over half the remainder as well a normal side shoots. my friend got ripe Beefeater he starts them the same way, 650 ft up in...

Monday we had the hill behind uscovered in flower , Tuesday NT came with over a dozen volenters and started pulling it out ,they left it in piles all over the footpaths,and still flowering bee don't seem to mind plenty left the didnt get to to steep . last time they tried spraying had no bees then