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In my garden I have 2 plum trees, 2 apple and three pears, all of them are looking dismal, maybe just the weather or all the trees are having a rest at the same time ! Regards CD

He's been interviewed a few times on the local BBC tv news (Look North) they're covering the competitors from Yorkshire & Lincolnshire. Regards CD

I made the same mistake, fortunately I got away with it, found her a while later outside the hive presumably after a mating flight, she's laying well and hopefully she'll be a good one. CD

Heresy in Yorkshire too, us tight Yorkies would have looked for a used match and broken it into four bits :sifone: CD

I've just been through the same thing with a virgin queen, found her outside the hive on the 9th july after a mating flight and watched the bees sort of guide her back inside, left the hive well alone until yesterday (22nd) before inspecting, there are eggs, lavae and capped cells, I know it's...

Spotted eggs come from the rare Yorkshire titeass bees, they dont like spending time and effort going for the full stripes, in true Yorkshire fashion, they eat all, drink all and pay nowt :biggrinjester: Regads CD

Update ! After leaving the hive well alone for a couple of weeks, did a quick inspection today and at long last I've got brood :hurray: spotted eggs, lavae capped cells and a few drone cells so it looks like the queens come good at last. Happy, You bet I am :) I'll be even happier tomorrow...

The privet hedges round my garden's in flower and the bees seem to love it. Regards CD

Hi All, As I have my hive (14x12 national) all set up and ready for occupation, I'm hoping to be in a position to buy a colony or nuc towards the end of this month. Given the unpredictable weather and the remaining bit of 'summer' that we may have left, do you think this is too late to be...

I get the same sort of thing, I presume it's down to both old age and medication, sometimes my mind 'stalls' and I cant think of the word(s) that I want (if that makes any sense) so I leave whatever I'm doing and come back to it later, the harder I try, the worse it gets. As for typing/writing...

Sadly I only found this out after marking her, not a mistake I'll make again though, the reason behind the marking was to make her easier to spot if we needed to dispose of her and requeen due to the non existance of brood, it looks like we may be on a winner but only time will tell now. At the...

Could I just say it was a newbee mistake to mark the queen :blush5: but at least it makes her easier to spot. She was with a cast we caught three weeks ago, we left them well alone for 16 days before the first inspection, there was plenty of honey in the brood box but no sign of any eggs or...

Hi All, I went across to the hive earlier and there's the queen outside with a small group of attendants, they seemed to be feeding and grooming her, she was there for about 20 minutes or so before crawling back into the hive, was this the aftermath of a mating flight ?

Spent the day finishing hive No2, another national this time with a 14x12 brood box and making up the frames and foundation for it. So far so good, if it keeps on like this, I'll be looking for my next colonly soon.

Agreed, my first (one and only) swarm was amazing to see, it seemed to me to be immense at the time, as I later learned, it was just a small cast but the entire thing gave me a real buzz (no pun intended) I'd love to be able to do it all again :) Regards Ray

I use the contact feeder that came with the kit, reasoning behind this, cast in a new hive, I can feed without disturbing them any more than I have to. Regards Ray

Thank you for that, I understand now. Virgins should be in virgin mufti unless the drones have the beer goggles on. Regards Ray

I'm probably going to regret asking but why not mark the queen ? agreed that she's not laying but now she's easier to find. Patience, at my age it's all I've got left :nopity: unless I need the loo that is

Sorry, newbee mistake, it was a cast rather then a swarm, I'm not going to panic at the moment, just leave them to their own devices and see how it all pans out, as it's my first hive, I'm proud of them whatever they do :) Regards Ray

Hi All, As the swarm has now been in the hive for 16 days, we decided to carry out our first inspection and mark the queen. Every thing went well, the sun even cane out for awhile, the bees are doing well and covering seven of the brood frames, they're drawing the foundation well, the queen...