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Wow! It looks lush! I love your jars too. Where'd you get them? Or is it impolite to ask? :blush5:

Ash near Sandwich so very nearly France. :icon_204-2:

Thanks for your thoughts, people. I do appreciate different points. At the club tonight the general thoughts are it would be pushing it a bit to start a hive totally from scratch, however it was hinted that perhaps an already established colony might free up one way or another. They are...

He's not like that, just very keen as it would be to his benefit too and I'd like to oblige if at all possible. His grandfather was a Beekeeper he says so he knows the score.

So it seems my search for a suitable venue for my first hives is over. Now I have hit another issue... I had planned to kick off at the beginning of next season around the end of March time, however, the venue is a sort of market garden come small time crop grower. Beans, squashes, that kind of...

One of the tricks I learned from the association Mentor is how to clean out wet frames. Place an old CD over the feeder hole in the crown board and stack the wet super on top of that. By reducing the size of the hole Bees think they are robbing out another hive. Only takes a couple of days. I've...

Hi Simon I am quickly learning lots through this forum, and also through my association. I've realised that not all associations appear to be as supportive of beginners as mine is. For the first year, they will loan you a National hive for free. They also assign you to a Mentor who will supply...

Thank you, Ian. Well not so bizarre then. Just seems odd to me when there's obviously plenty of Beekeepers about round here. As I said, these Bumbles received no instruction for care. I'm not surprised they perished TBH. My Bees won't be going in the tunnels. There's a lot of land there, not...

It seems my search for a suitable spot to place my first hive is about to be resolved. Hopefully! I've to see the landowner this week and talk over my plans for the Spring and see if all agree. However, today I have had a strange conversation with the person who is a mutual acquaintance and has...

I go to my association Apiary every week and some Beekeepers there have 10-15-20yrs or even longer experience and they all learn new things from each other every week. I've concluded this is a world where things are constantly evolving, whether it's the equipment, the environment or the Bees...

Today in the association Apiary we carried out a Varroa load diagnostic test. 300 nurse Bees put in a pot of powdered sugar and tossed around a lot etc. We needed to test this hive as it had displayed brood problems similar to Baldbrood last week but we could not see any sign of Waxmoth so...

When I first started attending Beekeeping sessions at the local Apiary (in my fifties!), this was the thing that concerned me as I could not proceed with an ambition to keep Bees if they were going to put my health at risk. I needed to know how I would react to a sting as I had not been stung...

It's nice to know the world of Beekeeping is exactly the same as any other caper I've ever got myself into along the years.... full of 'characters' and ripping yarns of daring do and triumph and catastrophe in equal measure. I wouldn't have it any other way. If my spine and leg joints weren't...

Well, having talked to OH about Dartingtons he's quite excited about the prospect of building one. He is investigation plans. So thanks, folks, there's a second serious contender for my first hive and I wouldn't have considered it but for the suggestion you've given. All I need now is...

Hello! :seeya: Yes not very far away at all. We may even have bumped into each other, or certainly will do I expect. I'm going to the Dover group.

That's the idea someone PMd me and I'm certainly interested to learn more. I especially like the idea of separate but manageable honey supers. Can't seem to find any proper plans online for it yet though. I found the Robin Dartington book linked at Thornes but no dimensions or measurements are...

Thanks for the welcome. not worthy Yes I had a feeling top bars would raise a frown or two. When I mentioned this method down the association's Apiary, one of the Mentors said "Ooh... I think we had one of them here once.." and then very quickly changed the subject. I am still researching, of...

Hello After many years of 'study', I am finally taking the plunge and preparing to get my first hive in the Spring. I say 'study' lightly, because it wasn't a serious academic drive - all I have done is read and viewed anything I can across on the subject of Bees and the issues around keeping...