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    Hives Needing New Location

    We have 3, potentially 4 hives needing relocation in the mid-Kent area. Does anyone know of any farmers or land owners (or other beekeepers with ENORMOUS amounts of space) who have suitable orchards or fields for re-location? Thank you!
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    Bee Inspector Visit

    We've found Beebase a darn sight more helpful and efficient than BBKA so far.
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    First inspection question

    Have just done very first hive inspection, having hived a nuc one week ago. Everything looks good - saw eggs, larva and the Queen! Bees seemed happy ergo I'm happy. My question is this - the bees have almost finished a small contact feeder of syrup (1:1 granulated sugar/ water mix made using...
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    Orange spiders

    Well, that told me...
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    Nuc in 5 days...

    See! I've learned something already! Check the feeder on day 3. This is day 3 for me, so I'll pop on the suit later and check the feed. But I'm not going to open the hive until at least the weekend - 7 days after I hived the nuc - and have been doing exactly as suggested; observing from a...
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    BBKA Membership

    I think for the few pounds a year it costs, I'd rather be insured, and not need it, rather than take the risk. Do other companies do bee insurance? I'm thinking NFU, maybe? What kind of cover is there, for example, for things like having to have a hive destroyed because of notifiable disease...
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    BBKA Membership

    If you are, then I am too. And I think 'intrigue' is just the right word. I guess where there are people, there will always be arguments about what's right and what's wrong. Humans, eh? Meanwhile, I shall try to remain impartial and balanced and try to make up my own mind about these things...
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    Nuc in 5 days...

    I, too, did exactly as Rooftops described, when I hived my first nuc the day before yesterday. It went very well (although I didn't see the Queen, but I did have a massive duvet cover spread on the ground just in case I dropped her during the transfer), and all of Sunday and yesterday they were...
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    BBKA Membership

    Hmmm, I see what you mean. I thought, as a newbie, it was the 'done thing'. Something to think about next year, when it comes to renewal. All I want is to help look after bees as best I can. None of this political malarkey! But the input and insight I'm gaining from this forum is already...
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    A Little Advice Needed

    We hived our first nuc over the weekend, too, on the Sunday. It's a huge temptation to go and have a peek to see how they are doing, but am contenting myself with the zoom on a camcorder and filming from the greenhouse, where I can see masses of activity and foragers returning with pollen like...
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    BBKA Membership

    Patience bee a virtue, then? Thank you for all your responses. I was beginning to think I was on some blacklist in the bee underworld. 'Ooooh, no! She can't be a bee-keeper. Look at the length of the legs on 'er bee-suit, for a start. The crotch is far too low!' I haven't joined a local...
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    BBKA Membership

    Hello all! I am a new bee-keeper, having installed my first nuc just this weekend.(They have been very busy since; seemed to have settled well.) Nine weeks ago, on the day I started a bee-keeping course, I applied to join the BBKA, for insurance purposes and the magazine, which I thought would...
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