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I'm sad to say that this morning MJBee left the hive for his final flight. Many of you know the amount of help he gave to us all. He will be sorely missed as friend and mentor.RIP

Unfortunately, we've either had a swarm or something, and our remaining hive of bees have gone! They re-queened last year and were very strong (one and a half) in Feb. when they woke up, seemed ok, had stores, but on opening last week, just a few dead bees, no queen there and nothing else. Still...

Further to my post yesterday (What did you do...) we went back to hive today to check what was happening. On the big hive, loads more dead bees inside and the usual sign of starvation, but mercifully, the emergency syrup we had put on seemed to be helping, and again saw the queen (still hanging...

Hi, I have been asked by another beekeeper in the Charente where or with whom she has to register her hives. I do not live in that department so I don't know. As of this year, in France we have to register our hives with the department equivalent of DEFRA, is anyone in the Charente able to give...

Just a question, here in central France, our neighbour, yesterday afternoon had a huge swarm settle in her garden -unfortunately they had moved off before I got there. They were apparently a complete swarm, not a small cast. Has anyone heard of this at this time of year? We did have a terrific...

Hi, if there is anyone out there in France near Piegut/Nontron? We have just lost a nest that we retrieved a couple of weeks ago and although newbie's in France, would like bees of our own. We know it's late in the season, but it seems a bit daft being registered beekeepers without bees! We had...