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St. Ambrose, patron saint of beekeepers! :D

Just had this. :( Dear Beekeepers We have been informed of two separate incidents of hive thefts in the Carmarthen area in the last few months. Can we please remind beekeepers to remain vigilant about the security of their apiaries. Also please make sure that you do your best to check the...

Every cat and their dog seems to have a day these days. No reason why bees, on whom our hobby/livelihood depend, shouldn't have one. :D Nothing wrong with a bit of positive promotion too. :)

I'm more than happy to admit that I am still a novice with regards to some aspects of beekeeping, so I've posted this here. We've never had to over winter a nuc before. There's always been enough kit (or friends) for splits or swarms and we've never intended to go further than 4-5 colonies in...

Just for information. Had one of these land on a hive today. A rather big beastie. But nothing to worry about. :) [/URL][/IMG]

School children and their thirst for knowledge. Not had this one before, so I said I'd look it up! Not had much luck on a quick search of the internet. Wondered if any of you wonderful people knew how many muscles a honey bee has (roughly!?)? Cheers.

Had a good sized swarm in a nuc for several weeks now, whilst we try and sort out a hive. It doesn't look like anything is going to happen on that front until the beginning of August. So, will that still be a viable option in terms of them being able to draw out new comb and bring in stores for...