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  1. zng109

    any suggestions?

    probably yes but I have defected to the another bee forum before I even started, (this is where the sad smiley comes in) Im sorry but some people seemed they wanted to help others seemed a bit to busy looking down their nose, (dont worry we have chicken people like that too, all book learnt...
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    any suggestions?

    I have moved every one down to the brood chamber, and all is in order and yes I have found a queen, so all is well. with regards to the coment about catching a swarm I am 3rd generation. know the therory but not the words. My father has dementia so can not help me, catching a swarm is not...
  3. zng109

    any suggestions?

    I have checked and removed the excuder, the excluder is complete and not damaged. I have narowed the hive enterance.
  4. zng109

    any suggestions?

    yes they have all been rather naughty and done lots of things they were not suposed to do:mad:
  5. zng109

    any suggestions?

    Then you would probably know Mrs spiller from the top of Pebble hill who was my fathers mentor, he had his hives on boxhill and gave up some years ago, unfortunatly he has dementia and though he can formulate words, they are the wrong ones so he is not in a fit condition to offer instruction or...
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    any suggestions?

    I have a feeder, what i need to do is sort out the lower brood box its from a national hive, I have the wbc deep frames but need to put wax sheets in them (and to be honest in the current ecconomic climate food on the table tax and more tax and petrol for the car comes first) so month end I will...
  7. zng109

    any suggestions?

    no offence taken, yes i know what a drone looks like, pretty confident on queens, however I have no bee suit at all so I have to be very gentle with them. and I have no intention of upsetting them without suitable protection. my only bee keeping expeariances are from 33 years ago as a child next...
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    any suggestions?

    I dont know if this helps at allnot worthy
  9. zng109

    any suggestions?

    ok this is where techno speak lets me down. so I will explane in my terms. the hive is wbc. it has a total of four sections, of which I have framed 2, the bottom section is large frames that I recall were refered too as the brood chamber But could be wrong. I dumped the swarm in the brood...
  10. zng109

    Smartwater as possible solution?

    yes they work and are "fun" I wouldnt attach one to my hive however I have set one up in my brasica cage after 2 cauliflowers managed to decapitate themselves and run away:iagree: however it is on a blank, I am sure the culprit will have to double up on her tenas next time she strays in;) Oh...
  11. zng109

    any suggestions?

    I know the queen has got round the excluder, I know I have a very small brood too, this was just a rush job to home a swarm. thank you for your time and suggestions
  12. zng109

    mentorship wanted near micleham surrey

    yes I did contact them when I was arguing with the council about siting a hive on the alotment, chocolate fire guard springs to mind. I have to admit I am a member of an allotment ass. and a moderator on a poultry forum, which has somewhat jaded me to large organisations with their inherant in...
  13. zng109

    Clothing??

    the trick is to run through trees, the only time I have been stung was when I was 6 and stuck a bamboo cane in the hive to see what would happen, funny enough I found out
  14. zng109

    Clothing??

    I would just like to say the following. My swarm is very small, It was pointed out to me yesterday by my mother that currently due to the swarm size "naked" bee keeping is posible, as the brood grows it might be very un wise to continue with no protection. so i will be suited and booted next...
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    Smartwater as possible solution?

    ps its zng109, zng108 is a totaly different kettle of fish;)
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