Recent content by Wrongfoot

Hi Demig, I've now been to a frame building and introductory session with the Hexham BKA. You are right that it's nationals around here and apparently mostly the standard rather than deep brood. Keeps things simple if I want to build a hive and integrate with the locals. A few trips to their...

Those vids are brilliant. Thanks. I'd read about skeps producing swarms but that showed quite a reality!!!

I hope I can live link now http://ibra.beeboles.org.uk/search_detail.php?beeboleIBRARegNo=0261

They are on the register. I've sort of posted the link (it needs tweaking bacause I'm a new user) but you can look them up if you see my other post. Almost certainly not as old as the one's near you. Best guess now is pre 1860 but we may find out more... We were rather taken with them when we...

I thought it looked great, but then I don't know much about this yet. I almost pledged for some of the frames but you can't pledge for 8 (or easily for a multiple of 8) and apparently that's the number you need to fill a national hive? I'm rather put off after reading the responses here but I...

I have some of these in my garden they're a nice feature. I'd post a link but I'm not allowed to yet until I post some more - 2 more posts). If you replace the "xx" in the link below with "tt" so it reads "http" I think the link will then work...

Thanks. I don't want to just clutter the other (not "New Bee") forums with drivel and annoy folks, but I might post elsewhere about the Bee Boles in my garden which might be new to some people and is hopefully an interesting enough topic...

I'm looking at this post http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=346611&postcount=8 but I can't get the link to display. Please can an established user click on it to help me work out whether the link is dead or if if don't yet have enough permissions to view an attachment? Thanks.

Thanks. Without knowing someone's skill level it's difficult to offer advice without patronizing or setting someone up to fail. I'm sure the other poster just didn't want me to underestimate the task. To digress, my Grandad on my Mum's side was a pattern-maker in the shipyards, making casting...

Do you take commissions? ;)

Thanks for the advice. I've yet to choose a hive design because I think I should probably be influenced by what the local Assoc mostly use. I'm not hung up on self build (especially if 2nd hand costs are too good to overlook) so I guess I could buy the brood/supers/frames and build the other...

I'm going to stay well out of it then... Until I become a too enthusiastic intermediate and start wanting to make a fool of myself ;) I think that's normally the way of things when people get involved with something new isn't it?

You see I didn't even know that :D What exactly is a native bee area? Is it just somewhere that has a genetically distinct strain of native bees perhaps where the keepers in tend to focus on the native strains to discourage crossing? Or is it something more formal where the strains in colonies...

Hi, I'm just starting a plan to become an amateur beekeeper. I know I won't be able to commit to a colony this year because I've other building commitments to complete. So I'm going to join the local Association and learn more with them while building or renovating some hives to keep my setup...