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No. I don't use insecticides. :eek: Gorse... Havn't noticed any in flower. My garden backs onto a farmyard. The farmer removes any gorse on his land but I'll have a look on the marsh. No dandelions around here but my next door neighbour has some blue crocus' out of sight in his back garden. :)...

Not apple :willy_nilly: Sorry peoples. Went and had a look. Apples in bud, no flowers. Some magnolias in the hedge are flowering.:redface: Bees bringing in bright orange pollen. Crocus maybe? Thanks for your replies. I think my bee must have fallen foul of a fly spray... We had some wasps...

Hi, My bees are flying well and bringing back lots of, I think, apple pollen. (I live next to an orchard.) While I was watching the entrance I saw a bee behaving oddly. It landed on the landing board but instead of walking to the entrance it went head down tail up and it's abdomen twisted...

Hi, Made a waspguard out of a plastic milk bottle held in place by drawing pins. Problem solved. There are still a few wasps hanging around but they mainly seem to try and ambush bees outside the hive. I have been watching for about half an hour a day and only seen two wasps try to get in. One...

ericA and Steve :thanks: I left them alone and most of the bees are now landing on the alighting board and walking in. A few fly in as far as the entrance and a few are still falling onto the grass. One fell into the wasp trap :rolleyes: so I have had a look at the Waspbane site. (Clever, but a...

Thanks I'll search that.

Two days ago a wasp walked out of the hive carrying one of my bees. Yesterday morning a wasp arrived, the air temp was 14oC and no bees were out so I killed it. A little later another wasp arrived. I killed it and as I did so another wasp flew into the hive entrance. As it was still quite cool...

Drinking my morning cuppa saw a wasp walk out of the hive carrying one of my bees. A little later another wasp arrived. I managed to knock it to the ground and beat it to death with my flipflop! :ohthedrama: As I did so another wasp flew into the hive entrance. As it was still quite cool I...

That's my kind of app! :)

Hi ericA, I am on the Solway coast near Port Carlisle. Thanks Beefriendly, I am near a peat bog so more HB and heather than Lake District honey! KR, Em

Thank you both for the welcome. Yes, my friend is assisting me and I joined the local beekeepers association nearly three months ago. (I didn't know he kept bees until then as I met him nearly a year ago through another club!) It tends to be mild and wet all year round here and this summer has...

Hi, Now retired I am finally in a position to keep bees. A friend gave me a nucleus which was moved into a National last week. Fingers crossed :) So far they seem to be doing ok and are very calm.