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Cumbria is holding its Autumn Conference and Honey Show at the Southey St Methodist Church Rooms Keswick. Speakers this year; Pete Sutcliffe on Modern Beekeeping Myths and Julia Piggot on Hive Defense. We are repeating the "ask the panel" session which seemed popular last year.

removing supers yesterday, I slipped and fell. I used the poly super to break my fall, unfortunately it hit the ground in such a way that the two dove tails sheared. I would welcome any advice on the best way to effect a suitable repair.

Cumbria is holding its Annual conference and honey show on the 10th November 2012. The venue is New Biggin Village Hall, just 2 miles from Junction 40 M6 Penrith. The talks will be given by Murray McGregor and Ian Craig. Both excellent speakers. T There is a cover charge of £10.00 for the...

I am in trouble with my better half having used the conservatory to extract honey. I cleaned up most things but a few bees were in the supers and in the excitment they have crapped on the vertical blinds. The crap is proving difficult to remove and I fear for my well being if I damage the...

Does anyone know of a supplier where I good buy approx 100 small honey dippers please? :)

I was watching my bees today and noticed a small cluster of bees on the landing board. A close look revealed that the cluster was around the recently hatched queen. (still in Q cell on Tuesday) The behaviour of the bees did not appear friendly as they seemed to be trying to prevent the queen...

I have been trying to raise queens this year using mini-nucs and have come across a couple of problems. 1) I don't think I put enough bees in to start with, can I ad more and if so what would be the best way. 2) what is the best way to refill the feeder as they have using the fondant very quickly.

Last year I bought a queen which I understand is of slovinian origin. I like the temprement and I have noticed that the colony gets started foraging well before the other hives in the apiary. So I am considering raising some new queens from her slovinian majesty. However I have heard that the...

Having been attacked by a dog rose today I was reminded of school days when I used to collect rosehips and wondered if it is possible to make my own rosehip syrup.

Five hours and three people later and the roof was back on. It was a good excuse to have a good clean out and a lot of old woodwork was disposed of. The bees are doing ok and this Sunday 6th March I had a look at the pollen patties that I had put on last week. The results were interesting. The...

Just enjoying a leisurely Sunday morning and thinking about braving the rain to go and check my own bees and the association hives when the phone rings. It is my mother "I think you had better come early as I think one of the hives has lost a roof". We normally go to Sunday lunch so it was...

Has anybody any experience of feeding Abrosia dosed with Fumidal B and if so can you give any guidance on the do's and don'ts. Could it be done at this time of year?

I have had problems with heather honey fermenting in the jar. I am assuming that is because the moisture content was too high, so I am thinking of buying a refractometer for this summer. I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on the £12 to £20 versions on a well known auction site or should I...

Following the success of the bees at my sons' school, my brother's school in Leeds expressed interest in also having bees and my brother asked me for help. Being over 100 miles away I contacted LBKA to see if they could help. In early January a local beekeeper and I met the teachers from the...

Early in 2010 my sons' school approached the local association with a view to starting a bee project at the school. This would be part of the internationally recognised ecology project that the school has been running within its Eco centre for the last four years. After some discussion two...

While at work today I had a quick look at the 2 hives I have in the wilderness area, which is part of my employers commitment to the environment. The company had an environmental audit recently and the person conducting the audit was both pleased and impressed that space had been for honey bees...

The Keswick association was given 8 colonies by a beekeeper who was retiring. They proved to be a mixed blessing, being quite agressive to the point where of being unmanagable. In the end we decided to requeen them. It would seem that this had the desired affect with things being much calmer...