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Welcome to the forum! I'm a newbie too (I have no bees yet), but the help I've gotten her has already been amazing. No questions seems to be too silly!

I'm debating getting some of the kit now, particularly in term of the hives. I'm looking at the Honey Paw Langstroth hive. There's a complete kit, consisting of ventilated floor, telescoping roof, full depth brood, 2 supers (mediums), frames, wax, entrance reducer, queen excluder and strap...

I definitely will. I've already learned so much just being here. :D

Well there go the deposits! :D Roll on next year!

The big question now is National or Langstroth. (I'm almost certainly going poly.) I know National may make my like easier in terms of compatibility and widespread use, but I see a lot of very favourable comments about Langstroth.

I'm not going to manage waiting for a summer colony. I'm just not. My feet are twitching just thinking about getting stuck in. I think I may bite the bullet, put deposits down and order some hives. :ROFLMAO:

You can keep horses on agricultural land, but only for the purposes of grazing. You cannot train them, ride them, rug them or give them any supplementary feed. If you do any of those activities, you cross over into equestrian use and that is a change of use of the land. I've just gone through...

I do love the idea of catching a swarm, but at the same time, I feel like a purchased colony from a reliable well-known vendor would be better for my first year in it. I think I may dip my toe in swarm catching in my second or third years, once I've got my feet properly wet. (Unless mine swarm...

Thanks I guess it comes down to confidence in staying with the bees post my course in February. I could put some money down on the bees now and risk losing it, since it's only a preorder deposit. I'm not sure how my wife will react to that! :ROFLMAO:

I keep hearing good things about the Honey Paw Langstroth hives, on just about any YouTube video I watch with them in. Stewart Spinks seems to be quite fond of them, and I've found his channel really informative. A question about ordering bees... It would seem that a lot of bee retailers...

Oh nice, that leaves my options more open.

I'm doing more planning ahead. With regards to getting my first colony, assuming I don't bail out during the course, it appears the time to get a small colony in a nuc (at least when buying them) is around April to May. Is this when I should expect to get my first? It also appears that a lot of...

That video is amazing. What camera equipment do you have to record that?

That could be worth a try!

I recently did a planning app, and made a comment that if I couldn't keep 2 horses on half of it, I may have to put 50 pigs on instead. Whether that helped sway it I don't know, but I got the planning!

Your grandad sounds tough as old boots. :D We have a horse box we can transport water in, if needed. While annoying, it won't be the hard labour you described. Hopefully water won't be too expensive, It depends if they have to close the road to lay the pipes. That'll hurt.

I hope I do too! :ROFLMAO: (we're getting water quoted as horses also need a lot of water!)

Never post on Terrible WiFi. That's literally not everything I wrote. :LOL: It should have said ... making sure I learn how to correctly plant and care for the trees, and to make sure the soil conditions are correct. I plan to take soil samples. I'm really excited to get it going! Depending...

I've got plenty of time to make a decision (I'm not even meeting any bees until next year), but I'm definitely considering a poly hive. Does a poly hive also provide benefits to the bees in terms of insulation and easier wintering? The blurbs all so so, but I don't trust advertising blurbs...

I've been window shopping (albeit online) and I think I've settled on a few candidates to start the orchard. In total I think I can afford around 30 trees. - Blenheim Orange Apple - Coxs Orange Apple - Ellisons Orange Apple - Sweetheart Cherry - Sunburst Cherry - Colney Cherry - Beth Pear -...