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Many thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. Glad to know I'm not the only one addicted to bee watching! X

Thanks so much for your kind replies, I'm near Great Horkesley on Spratt's Marsh [CO6 area of Colchester] and have lots of Brambles around this area as well as some willow herb so that is probably what they've been gathering. I'm also only about a mile away from Cant's Rose Gardens so was...

Hi there, Thanks for you reply, No I haven't fed the bees any syrup or anything at all, its just from whatever they've foraged themselves. Sky

Hi All, This is my first year keeping bees after dreaming of doing so for many, many years. I have a 6 acre smallholding in Essex and at the beginning of the year managed to get a huge pile of WBC outer hive parts for about £60 on eBay. They were very old with paint peeling off and a few repairs...

Hi All, After reading up about and longing for bees for about 8 years I actually took the plunge and this year I bought 4 very old and tatty WBC hives and renovated them all. I obtained 2 nuc's and 2 full colonies from a nearby beekeeper and they were all homed in the new hives between the...