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Thanks guys - I have emailed Beckys Bees

Hi everyone After a 10 year break I have, this year, started to keep bees again. I was lucky enough to catch a swarm in May in my next door neighbours garden. They have been doing great after a couple of weeks of feeding when they were caught I have a very strong colony. However, last week I...

Thanks for the info, based on the link I would say your ID is spot on. They don't seem very solitary at my sisters though, she says there are thousands of them. It is quite a big industrial poly tunnel and this is one small section of the roof: Not sure what she can about them, she doesn't...

My sister runs a small dog training company in North Norfolk from a large poly tunnel based in an apple orchard. Getting to the poly tunnel yesterday she says there is a good-sized swarm of honeybees in there but they aren't clustered they are all over the inside and all calm. She sent me the...

Sorry for not replying, been a busy day. A local beekeeper dropped off a closed up charged queen cell earlier today which is now in the hive. Fingers crossed

Yes Enrico You are right about queen charge queen cells, sorry. In the process of getting back into beekeeping after a 10 year break because of a young family so I am a bit rusty. It was a fairly small swarm and although they have built comb out no sign of any eggs and no sign of a queen. I...

Are there any beekeepers in the Southampton\Winchester area with colonies with unwanted queen cups that you are willing to donate to me please? I captured a swarm but 99% sure it is queen-less and I would like to give them a chance of surviving. Thanks Andy

Hi everyone I joined my local bee keeping association last October and I have just completed my college course in beekeeping. I have organised a decent location for an apiary - used to be used my another member of the association. So starting to get everything together and I thought it would...