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A few years ago I was keeping my bees in an Orchard, I was told on here that they are not good places to keep them because the variety of forage is poor. Poppy cock I thought, and that same year I took 150Lb from 2 hives. the following year about 25, year after about 30, year after about 30...

I hadn't thought of that, thanks. :) As I'm a long way from Hayes I'll see if I can track down their details for her and pass them on. don't be so daft for gawds sake. Betty wants to buy a pot or two honey not go on a guided tour of their apiary, quite how this 75 year old lady would even...

perculiar resonse to a question asking for LOCAL honey from a LOCAL beekeeper. Thanks all the same :)

Hi Guys I have a good friend living in Hayes that is desperate to buy some local honey. if you're close by and have a jar or two available could you let me have your contact details to forward on to her please? muchos grassiarse :thanks:

that has to be the funniest thing I've ever read on this forum :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

when my bees were in an orchard the Apple wasn't a massive honey crop, I did get some but not huge amounts. I've moved now and this is the view out of my living room window this field was absolutely yellow with dandelion when we moved in and is now yellow with buttercups. last weekend I...

thank you folks, we hopefully have someone coming to collect the smaller swarm, apologies to those that have replied today and have missed the boat. If anything changes I'll be intouch with the next person on the PM list :)

I have spoken to them as well. bee-smillie

do you know what, I was thinking of posting something very very similar and it's exactly what MrsTaff said, however I couldn't sell a swarm dressed up as a nuc it's just not cricket. :angelsad2:

is there really not a single Noob on here that want very cheap bees to get them going?

I've had 2 swarms arrive in my bait boxes over the last couple of weeks and there's simply too many bees in my garden at the moment. so.... IF you are a noob looking for your first colony you are welcome to one of them, but I stress that this is intended as a cheap starter, first colony for...

Thats understandable. If you dont mind me asking what's the crop?

I've seen the website thanks:) Just as soon as we're straightened out a bit at home I'll be venturing along

Would that be Blakeney or elsewhere? There is deffo colonies reasonably close to us because I saw quite a few in our garden as we were moving in :)

We've just moved to the area, anyone local/member of FoD beekeepers? Just wondering like :)

a few years ago I found on one inspection that my colonies were really struggling for space, I had one empty super and a 14x12 broodbox with foundation with me. I was really struggling for time as I worked away from home and didn;t have time to go home to fetch another super to put on the...

I was at the talk he gave on monday night, no doubt the same talk as he's given many times whilst he's been in the UK. I was incredibly interesting and fascinating to see how beekeeping can be done on a huge scale. I'm not sure how his theories can easily be translated to be of use to a 2...

I found that one of my colonies had completely removed all brood when on MAQS, as Erichalfbee said, if I use it again next year it will certainly go on earlier in the year but I did leave things Very late this year :o