I don't quiet get this I keep bees and a pestie why didn't the beekeeper give the tree surgeon a suit and cut the trunk open take the bees comb put in a brood box and then at dusk take them somewhere ????
I have both [HOME MATED AND IMPORTS} and the ones I bought are very good I have never had a drone layer. got 5 more coming in about a week :winner1st::winner1st::winner1st:
nucs of bees fetched £120 to £180 with one brood box fetching £280 new extractor I think 4 frame fetched £230 brand new hive ceder fetched £90 and usual rubbish some bakers honey £10-00 a 30lb bucket
but it was only 3 queens// surely looking through hives at half nine at night to find a queen is a bit daft wouldn't u look in the day when a lot of bees were out foraging?? as I under stand it the hive was stolen sometime before... someone saw someone loading boxes in a car?? was this when the...
ha very funny but the question is does the owner know they were pinched?? did the owner actually see them being pinched?? but really 3 queens stolen and 30-000 bees that's 30-003 at half nine at night?? come on im not saying they wernt pinched but the owner says they were how does she...
been a good year for honey very lucky to have 60 acres of borage 2100 pound off 25 hives still got the heather to come queens???? early ones {may -- june were ok after that some laid for 3 weeks then went missing new queens mated ok just have to see how well they preform next year
couldn't believe mine when I looked.. only been there 3 weeks and nearly filled 2 supers.., had 2 put a extra one on 3 hives {heres me hoping} will leave till end of month or maybe beginning of oct???