Search results

Idiots ruin it for everyone.

Ireland imports so many bees because the background bees are crap. They are the only country that has imported bees by the thousand and has the cheek to say it is a population worth saving. All the imports are of native bees lmao. Lowest honey production per colony in Europe.

Beebase is what it is, a vain attempt to have an idea where bees are. The disease monitoring and work by the SBI's is of immense value. Some seem to be hung up on the fact they may have bees that are worth stealing, in most cases the thieves would bring them back if truth was known. Register or...

It would be funny. After several years of abuse on here I met one of the trolls at a beekeeping convention. I laughed so much, he was 4 ft 6 and ran for cover as soon as he realised who I was. Keyboard warriror

STBK does a professional range suit. £49.99 and comes with 2 veils. The suit sizes are small though where I am an xl in a sherriff I am a 3xl in these. I won't be buying another sheriff suit again. The last one is knackered after a couple of years, zips broken and elastic gone on ankles. £237...

If you move a nuc that is being robbed the bees will search for it. The only way to stop them searching is to put another nuc in its place with a small amount of food in for them to rob. Once the food is gone they assume the food there is exhausted and won't search for the weaker colony. If the...

I've had more than 2 and they have all performed poorly compared to other sources. Most of the garbage spouted about Buckfast comes from people's experiences with mainly Italian mass produced queens.

Avoid Italian Buckfast they are crap.

As far as I know, there is nowhere in the UK that can produce organic honey. 8(1) Businesses across the world can become certified to the Soil Association standards. ... Additionally, Soil Association Certification is accredited by IOAS (International Organic Accreditation Service) and...

I stopped weekly inspections a while ago. Did you buy a nuc on 3 year old comb? Looks like they have swarmed,

I've had bees at the same site for several years now. The average colonies are about the same for most years. There was a 70-acre solar farm built in the field next door and planted with wildflowers with a nature wetland at the bottom of the field. Since that has been built the number of wild...

Such a sad loss. Top bloke. Had time for anyone and a wealth of advice and knowledge.

Are you talking about the endocrine and exocrine glands? slideshow with some detail. http://cyberbee.net/huangtalk/Bee-Glands+pheromone.pdf

The problem isn't laying workers. You are putting new supers under the existing ones, by doing this you are making the problem worse. More super frames full of pollen and more frames with drone brood in. Either add space below the excluder so there is space for them to put the drones they want...

The workers move eggs up there. Give them more space below the queen excluder or add drone foundation on 1 frame.

Most are about the same Sumup. izettle square. The percentage is roughly the same and no contracts. They do need to link to a phone though, stand-alone units can be bought for more money. There will be some paperwork to fill out and they may require a picture of a passport etc. I don't think...

Absolutely bugger all. 10 am wife is thrown from a horse. 1 hour later ambulance takes her away. I can't go because of covid. 5 hours later phone call says she has a broken hip. 6 hours later waving at her through a window dropping stuff off. We have both had both jabs and are covid free. 8...

Could have helped you with that. lol

I'm smack in the middle of England. My last queens were raised and queen cells put into nucs 2nd week in August last year. The nucs were strong though. All that were mated ( about 10 out of 12 ) survived winter and had to be put into full hives in March, one turned into a DLQ in May. Sometimes...

My year started well then went downhill. All overwintered nucs had to be put into hives early season and very few losses. Then it went to sh**. Track to an apiary washed away so 15 colonies impossible to get to. 1 starved. Queen rearing has been delayed by at least a month so I am behind where I...