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Last Friday, this was a reasonable swarm, and would not fit in a nuc. (Mc Donalds carpark.) It covered 11 frames in a national brood and the (mated) queen had laid on 3 frames within 24 hours. Sometimes a flying swarm looks bigger than it actually is.

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collected a small swarm today and put it in my observation hive. In two days it has drawn 2 brood frames and the (mated) queen is laying eggs every 11 seconds. Unlike other swarms there were absolutely no drones.....not needed I suppose. Should one conclude that if there are drones in a swarm it...

Dandelion tastes nice, but imo smells like sweaty feet😖

Got called to a swarm on good Friday. Only covers 3 frames in a nuc but has a queen, unmarked, probably a wild colony. So, quarantine, feed and treat and see what happens. It was on the side of a skip.....hope that's not an omen.

It makes me wonder when I see linden/lime honey advertised as citrusy if the advertiser has tasted it. I have never tasted honey from citrus orchards, but the UK lime trees (tilia spp) produce a perfumed honey. Our local churchyards and cemeteries are full of mature lime trees.

I dont get any 'citrus tang' when the bees are on lime. More of a Turkish delight flavour.

Mine are too, they wont listen to what I tell them to do!!

trying to follow this post I feel I am being tortured by experienced beekeepers, not tutored

£1000 reward.........about the same as 5 imported nucs:sorry::sorry:

I have an appointment with my last 4 buckets of 2020 honey, sales seem to have gone through the roof during lockdown, without having to advertise it as giving resistance to covid, as I have seen from one seller!!

Be careful...last time I posted a comment similar to this it was removed, and I was accused of inciting litigation!!

I was looking at some photos I took in the Galapagos....their black bees are massive!

Or this one!Petition: Stop the honeybee decline! https://www.change.org/p/uk-government-and-parliament-save-15-million-bees-from-being-potentially-destroyed-under-post-brexit-import-ban or both!!

I presume you are in the southern hemispere then?