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Well at least you'll be able to be involved with the bee keeping now, and as Bee Juice said perhaps the wait was worth it. You'll be able to start your own hive and enjoy watching them. Monitoring them isn't overly taxing either as they don't need to be watched around the clock.

I know there's a time frame for her to mate, but I believe it is something that's estimated, because it is largely based on environmental factors. Like temperature, weather (example: rain and wind), overall I believe there are a lot of factors that determine the time frame.

Most everyone in our area use wood, because it is more environmentally friendly, and bee friendly, and is more natural. Which makes the bee keepers feel like they are doing the right thing and making the correct decisions for both their colony and community.

Enjoy them their foraging can be extremely interesting if you have the seasonal pollen charts to get a basic idea of what their carrying. Also I have been already filming the hive in the side of my mom's house since April 2nd. Their fascinating.

We live in a town with a lot of trees, also we have orchards, vineyards, and farmland surrounding us in the immediate area. Not to mention near the river we get wild mulberries, and blackberries that grow and occasionally other plants.

This isn't the worst thing I've heard, one of our local club members said he saw a guy post on Facebook that he saw a swarm, was able to actually identify the queen and then the moron crushed her intentionally, and he had the even more dumb and arrogant idea to post it on Facebook.

Here in the United States it's recommended only to feed the syrup if you're introducing them to a new hive, or if there is not plenty of forage and they need a food source. If those circumstances don't present themselves then it is discouraged. Main reason is the honey and wax has a more sugary...

The mating only occurs with a virgin queen, if you have a virgin queen she'll fly and mate with multiple drones, otherwise if she is an established queen she'll remain in the hive doing egg laying and not fly or mate, as she is already mated and fertile.

This is when you see this and are like "noooooooo!!!!"

Indeed there's far more than book learning involved in this. You can read all you want but if you cannot put it in practice it is useless. It's a combination of knowledge and practice.

10 to 14 degrees Celsius is 50 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit. But the rain is something the bees aren't fond of flying in.

Removing bees from inside a dwelling is never simple for you or the bees. It generally requires an extraction point which sometimes requires creating a point of extraction. That in itself can be damaging and messy. The general recommendation is to have a good plan to reduce damages and to...

Think you could possibly have European foul brood or American foul brood? I would check for diseases if you don't see better results soon.

Saw a video on the Asian hornet versus Japanese honey bees. The Japanese honey bees have developed a defense method where they ball around the hornet and heat up to 117 degrees the hornet only survives up to 115 degrees. Do you think the European honey bees will ever adapt this method for...

The information I have acquired indicates that the temperature being at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit and the pollen sources being abundant helps with the increase of colony growth. The increased pollen and warmer temperatures motivate them to work on the brood and the wax and honey production in...

Don't own a smoker yet, but need to acquire one soon

The information I have seen is that a virgin queen flys and mates with up to 20 drones.

Sorry everyone, being that I am from the United States I am unfamiliar with the abbreviation SBI. Can someone please clarify the definition for me please.

Glad everyone (well almost everyone...see my posts) is accepting of my location across the pond and over on the Pacific Northwest. It is nice to get information from one of the original sources of the European honey bee. As mentioned yes there are some differences, like you are more likely to...

Hello lads and lasses, My family has had a hive in the siding of our house for ten years. These particular honey bees have survived year to year nicely without any human intervention. We also received a nuc yesterday, and we're now tending to the bees allowing them to get acquainted with the...