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Im sure the bees will love it there, I'll just have to keep my bees away from your pics -don't want them getting jealous! ;)

Thats amazing! You have done a fantastic job -you dont fancy coming to stay in Somerset a while to help with our allotment project do you?! :hurray:

Hi Karen :coolgleamA: I started keeping bees this year in a very similar way to you. We have started a new allotment group in the village aimed at getting the local community together and providing an area where people can keep chickens/bees/grow veg etc. Our group sounds different to yours in...

Are WBCs already insulated adaquately? Or would anyone recommend putting further insulating layers in?

Thanks, I think we are progressive!! :oD I just hope the bees settle in and behave themselves...........

Thanks for the warm welcome and all of the above advice! Yes, we thought 2 nucs would probably be enough to start with, but I am worried about losing them. (have read/heard of horror stories re ccd!) Thats why I thought a more local strain may be more hardy and disease resistant. I also like...

Hi, We are new to beekeeping, my partner and I did a 12 week course last year and I have also done 2 practical sessions but not got any bees yet.....(we are members of the local beekeepers association tho) We have 4 empty hives through our allotment association, and we have 2 nucs on order, but...