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  1. OursonAnglaise

    Combine?

    At the end of this year I have 2 hives going into winter. 1 is strong the other is weak. I am thinking about combining the two hives if I can find the queen in the weaker colony. Please bear in mind that although it is Autumn it is still warm in my part of the world so I don't think it's too...
  2. OursonAnglaise

    honey bees on Mastermind

    Ok, come on admit i, which of the ladies on here was on Mastermind this eve, with a specialist subject of Honey bees?
  3. OursonAnglaise

    Change in temperament genes and /or weather?

    Last year my bees were in the main very calm, but like another poster today for some reason they decided they really didn't like me! Earlier this year they swarmed, and my new queen is doing fine. The last time I was able to inspect (due to weather) was 3 weeks ago, and although a little more...
  4. OursonAnglaise

    Help identifying a plant please

    Can anyone identify this plant? It is a shrub/small tree. White flowers which absolutely stink (well to me anyway, if I was being kind I would describe it as a very pungent floral smell - worse than elderflower!). Photo taken as I found a very pretty beatle which I had not seen before. Loved...
  5. OursonAnglaise

    Aftermath of Snelgrove 2

    I previously asked for help with splitting my hive due to queen cells and ended up doing a snellgrove 2. (long story & I don't really want to go through the reasons for that again) This didn't end well and I lost at least one swarm with my original queen from the original brood box. Last...
  6. OursonAnglaise

    Now I really really need some help please!

    Have got home this evening-first thing I do is go & see the bees to see how the Snelgrove turned out! Both hives are active.....however they have swarmed, and are sitting on an oak stump within easy ish reach. So I had a quick look through my boxes: Old brood box, which had the old queen...
  7. OursonAnglaise

    Solar heading of hive to treat varroa

    I have just received my monthly French beekeeping magazine. One of the first articles is about a new solar panel to increase the hive temp to 40 degrees for 150 minutes, which apparently reduces the varroa by 80%. Has anyone heard about thus in the UK?
  8. OursonAnglaise

    AS In the rain?

    I have done my weekly inspection, and have found a number of queen cells. I know I need to do an AS, but in the time it has taken me to get my spare brood box sorted & frames sorted, what was a warm, (but cloudy and heavy over the mountains) & occasionally sunny day has now drawn in & is cloudy...
  9. OursonAnglaise

    Season off to a good start

    I hope my feelings of pride will not come before a fall! I am just coming to the end of my first full year of beekeeping. Everything so far has gone well- the bees have behaved themselved, despite my occasional worries, and I have not encountered any major problems. As I am in the south of...
  10. OursonAnglaise

    I know its early but....

    I am thinking that if the weather holds as good as it has been for the last few weeks, that I might crack open my hive for a little look. The temperature was mid teens again on Saturday afternoon. This last weekend pollen was being bought in thick and fast. The cherry plum trees are in full...
  11. OursonAnglaise

    bee watching - obsessed!

    Little did I know when I said just over 2 years ago to my husband that keeping bees (following a swarm arriving in our garden) would be a nice idea, that soon after I took ownership of my first hive and bees at the start of last year that I would soon be obsessed with watching them. Last year I...
  12. OursonAnglaise

    Bees out and about

    We've had a lovely weekend here in the Pyrenees. Temps of mid teens, & clear blue skies. Definitely warm enough for me to be out and about in just a t-shirt! Anyway, the snow drops were out and my girls were taking full advantage - see my photo. Also went on a walk, and saw hawthawn and cherry...
  13. OursonAnglaise

    First harvest- very exciting

    As the title says we've just completed our first honey harvest. Not vast amounts-just one super=20lbs of honey, but very exciting none the less. Very light golden floral honey & utterly delicious...but I may be biased:sunning: Bees were not too put out by our thieving. In fact, they seem...
  14. OursonAnglaise

    Blackberries as a source of food questions

    In my part of the world, the blackberries are ripening already. I have one boundary hedge which is essentially brambles, and my hive faces this. As I was picking blackberries this afternoon I noticed a couple of bees which appeared to be using the berries as a source of food (a bit like wasps...
  15. OursonAnglaise

    Hornet update

    So as not to be alarmist please remember I am in SW France!! So last week I spotted Hornets 'Hawking' my bees. I wasn't able to say definitely whether they were Euoropen or Asian Hornts. Unfortunately due to one reason or another I didn't set up any traps, so the bees were left to their own...
  16. OursonAnglaise

    Bees & weather

    This may have been discussed previously & it may be a stupid question (but I don't think I've ever heard it discussed) but in your respected opinion, do bees 'know' when bad weather is about to hit? The reason I ask is that I have returned home this eve to very humid conditions & thunder...
  17. OursonAnglaise

    Hornet help!

    I have just done my inspection (I know it's early, but it is very warm here & I've found the bees are less agitated) I have just noted a hornet (a big b*gger!)hanging around the entrance- not trying to get in, but picking off bees as they come & go to eat...:smash: What should I do? If...
  18. OursonAnglaise

    Hello from France

    Good morning from another newbie on this bright sunny day (well it is here in the Haute Garonne in France). :sunning: I have had my very first colony of buckfast bees for less than a week - sourced from the apiculturist just up the road from me (well, up the mountain, and around the corner and...
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