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ok cheers.didn't know that.

£80!he's takin the p**s,I have often heard it said that a jar of honey per hive is the going rate.

just done an inspection and the leg looked ok ,and she looked bigger,still no eggs though,

the very same know it alls that are only too happy to help when I ring them.

it was the same queen,she was the only 1 marked.

I did an inspection today and also marked a new queen,when I removed the queen marking cage she flew off and dissapeared into the sky,she had returned when I checked 3 hours later,but I noticed 1 of her back legs seems deformed or damaged,she was dragging it rather than walking on it,she has not...

I marked a new queen but when I took the cage off she took off and dissapeared into the distance,she had returned when I looked again 3 hours later

I meant why will there be supercedure cells in autumn even if they do mate.

I don't think I could ever kill a bumble bee nest,it just seems wrong somehow.

when you attract a swarm to a hive that is high up,can you just move them to a more convenient place straight away,or do you have to stick to the 3 foot or 3 mile rule?

why?

mine did something similar with kingspan,the ground beneath the OM floor was covered in yellow powder,I wandered what the heck was going on at first.

I just found out today that a lady four doors up had a swarm in her garden last week,she had no idea I keep bees and so she rang the council,but they had moved on by the time he arrived,do bees get attracted by other bees near by or was it just a coincidence?

Are small queens no good?,I've had a new queen for two weeks now and she is still not laying,she is a very small queen.

I made my own hives to start with.I replaced some cedar boards on a house for plastic,so I had the timber available,I used a 12mm cutter,but its the jig you make that matters really,it needs to match the router cutter size.I made my brood boxes from marine ply because you don't have to lift them...

I've heard that keeping your bee suit in the house for long periods of time,can reduce your imunity to bee stings,is this correct? if so how?

I saw some black ants on the top of my crown board today,they were not carrying eggs though,I will be keeping an eye on them now though.

About 3 oclock this afternoon my wife rang me to tell me the bees were flying all over the garden in their hundreds,she had never seen them acting like this before,like a huge swarm,I told her that if I came home there would be nothing I could do,so when I got home at 4.15,I looked and there was...

they will be putting a leylandi hedge up.

what about huge fearnley's land share?its got 2 be worth a try.