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Thanks for all your encouragement. It's nice to know that I didn't necessarily do anything wrong and they might have just fancied a change of scene! On a positive note they were very pleasant to be around and I almost got away without a sting. I walked the 3 minute journey from the field back to...

Well i persuaded the remaining bees into the polynuc, i went off to do some jobs and when i went back a few hours later they'd all left. Feel very disheartened as i am not sure what i did wrong or what i could have done differently. I appreciate the advice for future reference and will keep an...

Sorry, post sent as I was part way through! I managed to scoop about 70% of bees into mix so I put the lid on and placed the nice beside the post. They seemed to go towards the entrance but are now just clustered there. This morning there is a large clump of bees, probably the remaining 40% left...

Thanks for all the advice. I set the nuc up on top of the post and between brushing and smoking they all congregated at the top of the post with nothing in the nuc. With a bit more encouragement i sort of scooped them into the nu, by which time it had started to rain. They all seemed to...

Hi Dani, yes i did the course (possibly met you) at Lampeter but life sort of got in the way of me coming to meetings etc and then, as a nurse covid has kept me busy!! I was just getting my confidence with these bees but have never even seen a swarm before let alone tried to deal with one. So...

I am still very new to this so please be patient! I had 2 colonies of bees earlier this year and they seemed to be settling in well. I positioned both hives facing up a gentle slope into my orchard (we live on a small holding). During the first few weeks the weather was not good so i fed them...