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I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking my two I'm starting with would keep my learning hands full. Welcome to the forum :)

My school of thought has always been that it's better to be over prepared and have things i may not need, rather than needs things that I don't have, when I desperately need them. Also helps that my better half isn't watching my spending.

My starter kit is as follows; Two poly national hives. Additional brood box for each and extra supers. Frames and foundation. Bee suit. Hive tool(s). Hive stand. Smoker. (Maybe smoker box too) Two poly nucs. Queen excluders. Dummy boards. Feeders. Various books. Overwintered nucs pre...

Only thing I've seen so far is 15% off their new 12 frame poly hive. Apparently announcing another sale item daily. The optimist in me says any discount is better than none.

One can only cross their fingers and hope.

Abelo sale coming. Up to 50% off.. See their social media for more.

You and me both 😂 Maybe go for a Kia instead 😉

The solution is to let your partner have an equally expensive hobby and support their own spending choices. It comes around full circle.

Welcome to the forum. It's a fantastic source of experience for every question you are brave enough to ask.

I'd not rule out a bold cat either. We have a few that always try it on with our girls.

I've spoke to Abelo recently about this and understand that they are working on a eke for their new style 6 Frame poly nuc. Nothing concrete yet but I'm sure it won't be too long before we see it.

Do you have experience with this device? I was looking at it as a newcomer. It looks really simple and fool proof.

Nope. I'm just very curious. If I see or hear something in nature that I'm unsure of, I will search and search online until I can identify it. I can get distracted very easily by bird song :)

I have a habit of buying multiples of anything I want to plant and letting nature take its course. What will be will be.

Speckled bush cricket (maybe) https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/other-garden-wildlife/insects-and-other-invertebrates/beetles-and-bugs/speckled-bush-cricket/ Edit: Upon further review I'm pretty confident.

Haha I read it whilst doing some form of report at uni many years ago. I'm going to keep telling myself it's true as it's one of the selling points I've used to convince my partner to let me keep bees. SHHHHH ;)

Anecdotally I heard beekeepers are supposed to suffer less severe reactions over the years and even develop resistance to age related conditions such as arthritis.

Ghost bees :) Absolute novice but I knew the answer to this one.

Thanks for the replies. Next year will be easier as I'll just buy her (myself) real hives.

I was set on the new 12 frame Abelo hives. Watching the Norfolk honey company has made me think about poly langstroths. I'm debating getting two of each and after a season seeing what I prefer.