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hi geoff, oh dear poor nuns. a guy just offered me space on his small holding which is very far away from any civilization in borehamwood/bushey, should i try to requeen and put them over there as a nuc and let them go from there and then i could bomb the hive in mill hill but that woudl mean...

I was recommended to kill these bees asap instead of requeening, to prevent 1-their spreading these bad behavious genes and 2-to avoid 6-9 weeks of trying tend to these bees. Althouhg the apiary isn't in a populated environment there is a riding stable about 100 -150 yds away with kids and...

oh good so all might not be lost, i guess i will see for sure in the morning, if they are in the box or back in the tree!!! thanks

but there were still alot of bees up in the tree again. did the queen get away do you think? (its my neighbors bees who swarmed into the apple tree the day after he left on holiday)

ha i have 4 sisters and i don't think my mother ever used the words co-existing and happily in the same breath when we were teenagers....

hi geoff, we are going to try a rescue tonight sheets and boxes at the ready, do you know how long a swarm can stay in a tree like that, they are there now since wed. and some others are claiming they are there since last sunday, seems astounding to me to last a week up the apple tree. I will...

I had a queen who should be on mating flights and one day i was watching my hive and I thought I saw her fly in (but I wasn't sure) and a few seconds later the same thing happened at my hive, a hundred or so bees all flying about within in a few feet of the entrance. I tried to look on the...

I put the lemon grass oil around the entrance and after a few minutes a couple of bees from the swarm came down to have a look and one did go in, so maybe they will like it better than the tree tops fingers crossed, thanks to everyone for advice.

ok thanks, i will try to get some pulled frames in and some lemon grass oil around the entrance tonight.

thanks i will try that, the poor guy has gone on holiday and his hive is almost now empty, you don't think a feeder will help?

At my allotment a fellow novice beekeepers bees have swarmed. The weather is terrible windy and showery and they have been in the apple tree for 24 hours at least. Somebody said they already swarmed on sunday and went to the same spot and then left and came back (??? is this likely or is this...