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Hi, I'm a member of the Dunoon association and I've asked to go on the swarm list there. I'll double check they don't have any nucs for sale and contact you if not. Thanks

Thanks, I've asked to get on the swarm list. My instinct was that importing bees would be wrong but then commercial beekeepers import them all the time don't they?

Thanks, I'll contact them and see how I get on.

Thanks. Is Hivemaker this hivemaker ? Is a package where I would get the package and queen separately and then introduce her?

Hi, Could you point me to any nuc sellers here ?

I've no bees following crazy wasp season in the autumn. I'd rather get up and going again as soon as possible rather than waiting on the offchance of a spare swarm. I got an email about ordering bees from here however I'm not sure about ordering from abroad and besides that I have national...

Thanks for the tips. I don't think I have enough bees now to make any difference but I have made a perspex shield. I wish I had known not to kill any wasps next to the hive. There are not many bees round these parts so I can't beg any but does anyone know of anywhere I could buy ( to be posted...

Thanks. I wish I'd thought of using some glass/plastic. I'll see how the possibily queenless hive owner feels but if that's not a possibility then.. Do they need to be able to fly over winter? I know ideally they should stretch their wings of a day when possible but would it stress them not to...

My colony has been under attack from wasps. I've done everything I could think of. Entrance has been down to one bee space, ( with a little tunnel rigged up in the hope the bees could defend easier with that ) Wasp traps everywhere, hours spent picking off wasps one by one, hours spent looking...

To continue with this sage Hive 1 - the split with the hatched queen cell finally has some larvae in it after 4 weeks. Not many but a few so I am hopeful. Hive2 - I bought a new queen and put her in a nuc box with a few frames from the big grumy hive last weekend. This weekend I checked and she...

I scrape them down with a hive tool then dip them in a big saucepan of boiling water. Unfortunately I don't have a pan big enough for a frame to fit right in but I just turn them, works fine..

On the topic of children and bees - for those with children who help inspect the bees what do they use for gloves? I've ordered my son a bee suit finally (as he has been asking for about a year but I've been too stingy:) ) but I'm not sure what he can wear on his hands

I've read several different accounts of the best way to go about this but would like some advice on best way for my situation. I split my hive in May hoping to prevent a swarm and up my single hive to two. The split made queen cells which hatched sometime between 20th and 27th of May. There is...

My son is 5. We've had the bees for a couple of years. They are in a field just at the back of the garden. We have a kind of barrier of shrubs between us and them but they come in fine to forage. He likes to watch them and wants a suit so he can come and help out. He has been stung so is aware...

I've had time to think about this some more. So assuming the small hive does have a queen and she mates and starts laying soon then I would be able to take some brood and put it in the big grumpy hive. How long would the bees in the big hive be okay without a queen? Can they wait that long...

Thanks - anything I can do with no access to any brood? ( Lost my other hives this winter )

I split my hive two weeks ago to try to prevent a swarm and make up for winter losses. One of the hives, the split with only a few frames, seems quite mellow and there is a hatched queen cell so I am hopeful there that there is a queen and I just couldn't spot her. The other hive, the original...

Today I spent a short time inspecting my hives. Didn't steal any honey as I'm waiting for more containers to arrive. Then I spent a long long time getting harrassed by a pile of angry bees. Not sure why they were so tee-ed off! Apiary is behind house so I have to shake them off before going back...

When I got my bees last year it was instantly apparent that the two nucleus had completely different personalities. One was calm and needs very little smoke. This one contained a very lively bunch who even as a nucleus were pretty difficult without smoke. I've found that if the smoke runs out...

Hi, I have a brood and a half. Last week I checked the bottom of the half and there was no sign of any queen cells. Today when the sun came out there was crazy amount of activity around the hive and they were buzzing their heads off. Raced into the house and got suited up and returned. Hive...