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Thanks poot ! :laughing-smiley-004 Glad it's normal that's what I was hoping you'd all say lol. The entrance is about 6 feet from a wall, only on one side though. Is it normal for us not to be able to get within 15 meters from them without getting stung ? :willy_nilly:

Had the bees a week now, they're still flying around like crazy all day! Is this normal? I've put a video on YouTube so you can see https://youtu.be/qXVnEmEcelU BTW thanks phillip really appreciate the thought

Hi philipm, we are based near Haverfordwest, and the hive wasn't brought off of Facebook as we don't use that site

Ah fair enough I haven't been in the brooder so I can't tell you for sure

Thank you for such a great response from the forum, very impressed and greatful. Just wanted to add, we didn't see a hive of bees online and impulse buy, it's something we've been looking into for a long time .. watching it on a video is very different to having them in front of you in real...

We use to live just over the bridge from you near Humberside airport . We'll try our best to find someone local, a friend of a friend keeps bees near us we're hoping to make contact see how he feels about giving us a hand. Mandeville we thought that might be an issue, there are tonnes of bees...

Sounds about right reading that, there was plenty flying around in circles, but also a good few on the landing pad. Wonder if maybe they felt like they needed to defend the entrance ??

Thank you I'll have a look at them .. Right now we've been reading Ted Hoopers guide to bees / honey and Beekeeping by Joanna Ryde The bees are a lot calmer today, less of them buzzing around the entrance, we've seen them on our buddleia, and we've seen them coming and going with pollen to the...

I do see the value of taking a course, but it's not for us, we're the kind of people that like to be thrown in at the deep end. Although we've never had bees we've kept all sorts of livestock and pets, Hannah my wife has years of farming experience, we've run a successful poultry business and...

Diolch yn fawr iawn, I'll be sure to give the association another try.

Hi Enrico questions are great we appreciate the help, definitely will take a look at your blog TY . just had a close look (with the binoculars) I'm pretty sure theirs a queen excluder, one of the metal sheet ones, you can see the edge of it between the brooder and the super. The seller said to...

Yes this is a first for us. We have been watching loads of videos on how to do it and we were very gentle.

Hi everyone, thanks for getting back to me. Very helpful really appreciate the advice We definitely want to keep the bees we've got our hearts set on them, we do have a full bee suit! lol. Yes, the seller kept the super. It was removed before we got there. We think there's a queen separator...

Hello all, I was wondering if anybody would be able to help me. I'm only just getting into keeping bees and although I've done the research, I know that it can never fully prepare you for the field work involved. I need the advice from experienced keepers in a situation like this. I recently...