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Hello. I'm looking for a mentor, ideally in the West Norfolk area, but I am prepared to travel. I did keep bees briefly several years ago after a swarm took up residence in one of my compost bins, but I could really do with starting from scratch under someone's watchful eye. Thanks :)

Just been to check on 2 of my hives; in the first one the queen had managed to get herself wedged halfway through the excluder, and in the second hive, I was just putting the roof back on when I glanced down and spotted the queen wandering up my leg. Not the most relaxing of inspections. Anyone...

Hello All My original hive swarmed a couple of weeks ago and, fortunately, I managed to catch the swarm and put them in another hive (I'd planned on getting another colony soon anyway, so I wasn't too worried). I left the original hive alone until today, and when I made my inspection I found...

Hello all I'm a novice beekeeper from Norfolk. Got my first colony last year after a swarm took up residence in my composter :)