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    Hungarian newbie in Scotland

    Good beekeeping info for your area can be found on here Welcome - The Apiarist
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    Formula 1 racing

    fully agree, Moto gp and bsb every time, Loved F1 in its day bit thats long gone, too much wings and not enough actual racing
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    Is this the meanest hive you’ve seen?

    Im no expert but i have ha 3 hives in the same place that you couldnt see through your veil for,and the smell of alarm pheromone made me shudder, But they requeened ok. It was a task but I just went slower and gentler with them, That bloke seemed pretty hard handed,
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    Laying worker colony

    I have used a snelgrove board for that a couple times, worked fine. just bled the bees away from the laying worker hive
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    Beginner cannot decide TBH or Warre, which is better please?

    my 2p worth, having had back trouble, long hive is fine, i built a long deep one yrs back and used it a couple seasons, same with a warre but with home made frames. The bees like both ok, from the back point of view your back dont use the deep frames, and dont have entrances at the end of the...
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    another newbie question

    just buy the broods, I made a couple floors, they work fine, I wouldnt cut the bottom off a nuc just to do it, atatched bottom nucs have their upside if your up a ladder with one
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    another newbie question

    works ok, but i make a kind of poly over lid for over winter. they need that in my climate
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    Is it me or.......

    Aye, how ever it works it works :)
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    Few beginner questions.

    I would add Pay attention to your beekeeping and dont bother filming it. I see too many ppl on youtube more interested in the filming and dont concentrate on what they are seeing in front of them
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    Is it me or.......

    LOL no they cant. It works for me with the dowsers hand on my shoulder, but not without, But then again I work at sea so perhaps that sucks it out of you. Not a thing I ever doubted as my old country kind a dad talked about it as a norm, But the first time you see it in action it is quite...
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    Mowing near the beehive in the garden

    never had an issue with petrol mower, seen then having a look with strimmers going
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    Social media

    the apiarist definatly
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    Beekeepers in Birmingham spot the errors.

    So when do the bees arrive?
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    What’s going on at 4.10am?!!!

    its warm, mine were hanging around the landing boards well after dark,
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    Banff beekeeper!

    And less chance of getting out of Crovie😉
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    Banff beekeeper!

    Hiya. Peterhead here
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    Hello from Aberdeenshire

    hello Liz, Aberdeenshire too
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    Honeyfields Beefarm queens

    I got 3 from them last year, beautifully packaged, no problems with them, How the queens were i wouldnt say im experienced enough to say exactly but In my limited experience pretty good
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    First hive advice

    i live in Peterhead too, give me a pm if you like
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    Suggest best polyhive

    Dont know I dont use one, i use a home made glow plug one
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