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Just had a call from my friend who started keeping this year, his bees are out of the hive in a cloud above the garden.... are they swarming? or is something else going on?

Looks like queenie has lost some of her queenies.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1191015/Royal-family-stung-rustlers-steal-5-000-beehives.html

Personally I don't like the taste of Mannuka... I bought a pot from the health shop a couple of years ago, I cannot get over the taste of germolene that it has.... it is like eating antiseptic ointment, I wouldn't buy it if it was £1 per jar, so £55 seems ridiculous. It just goes to show you...

Well it would certainly explain why so many thefts have been occurring... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1190718/Sweeter-money-The-pampered-bees-making--55-pot--Britains-priciest-honey.html ( hope the link works... apologies if not.):)

I don't think I would have the nerve to rey and kiss a pig.... They bite!

Could it be flag iris??? As the bee enters, the pollen is brushed onto the back of their heads, that's how it works, and they are in full flower at the moment...

You are not the only one, I went to look at my girlies on Tuesday and had a real shock at how angry they were... Even as a beginner, I could tell by the noise they were making that they were not at all happy to see me. They immediately flew up and were very intimidating. I have to say, that I...

Love it :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1183894/Tourist-stung-500-times-bees-invade-French-art-gallery.html I hope the link works... What would have caused this??

Ouch!

Do you feel you need to do a course then??? If you have handled bees, and been around hives then you have way more experience then I have and I couldn't wait to get started. Maybe I have jumped in a little too eagerly, but there are so many experienced folk on here that I feel quite confident if...

"Going to have his body frozen"??? Have you seen him on tv??? He's so hard-hearted at times, he could freeze the sun if he were close enough!

As a beginner, I found those pics fascinating. Thanks for posting them Bcrazy. :)

Brilliant pictures Grizzly... busy day for you then.. :)

Thanks Heather, I am definitely going to use it. :)

The gauze on a feeder is in the lid, you fill the feeder then turn it upside down... the bees feed from the upside down gauze. :)

I reckon he was pulling your leg when he said it was a feeder.... I agree with Mr Trueman... it looks like a tool caddy..

That's a brilliant idea... I spent quite a while online last night trying to find photos of different breeds of honeybees.... so I could learn to tell where they originate from and what their traits are. I went onto Wiki, and although they had a list of different strains and their good and bad...

I know Laverstoke.... it is just before you get to Salisbury. I have been through it many times on my way to Wiltshire, but I can't say I have ever noticed this place, or even signs to it.

That is so petty... really, if he parked under a tree he would have more caterpillar poo then that on his bonnet... I have more spider poo on my outer window sills then that. Judging by the scratch marks on the paintwork, he has an older car or he has spent a gazillion hours polishing the thing...