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The only public sector worker, that make this country a profit are the Teachers but they work for Her Majesty's Government NOT Richard Branson. So if they want a 30k a year pension as a public sector worker then they are clearly in the wrong job!

That's clearly what you call the "Luck of the Irish" a swarm as big as a 2 seater sofa. I only wish I could find swarms that big, unless the Irish have found a way of breading Cocker spaniel's that are the size of 2 seater sofa's lol

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=709&highlight=queen+lost+grass http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5450&highlight=queen+lost+grass Perhaps you should tell "Queen Bee" members and Admin that they are wrong and talking complete rubbish. Good luck with that lol...

That's only because the poor cow can't fly away from the hive. She will still want to swarm tho but just fall to the floor. How can that be better than her flying away and being collected safely? an empty hive about 200 meter away from your colony would work for swarming (in a large garden or...

Hi Aly I understand from your post that you already have a plastic Queen catcher. Here is a link for a plastic Queen catcher (for a spare) and Queen marking cage with Plunger. http://goo.gl/9II63 I myself wouldn't worry to much about marking the Queen at the moment. Your could alway mark her...

That was a very good video Thank You

The only problem you might find with doing it this way, is that the vibrations of the chainsaw going through the log might drive them nuts. You might find that bees are going for you in big numbers and if you are unable to move the comb first time the chainsaw might put to much stress on the...

Thank You for that, I have just googled it and have submitted my request for seeds.

I like the way you put it "polo" effect. it had taken them about a month to polo the open mesh crown board but once it had got to a given size, it didn't seem to get much bigger. I haven't got a photo to show you but I would say it only covered about 40% on the mesh. It is easy to clean off...

I know that now but at the time it was a big learning curve. Duncan

One thing I tried is to put a clear sheet of perspex in a crown board frame and drill 2mm holes in it to stop a build up a moisture. At first I didn't put enough holes in the perspex and had to drill some more. Using a board I pinned it to a wall at about 45 degrees to make some shade over the...

Yes it is a circle with a hole in the middle. Not everything new I have tried has worked but I keep a close eye on my bees, I only inspect hive as needed once a week in swarming season but I sit near the hive and watch my bees everyday.

They normal only cap the mesh in a kind of O shape. The first nuc I bought had a mesh top to it, as the beekeeper kept the nucs under cover a shed with pipes on the entrances. Not ever thing new works but I find that most bees are not willing to try new untested things. I keep a close eye on my...

I have taken the board out the crown board frame and replaced it with mesh, the same as used in an open mess floor but if you had a lot of hives this would not be cost affective.

If you need additional ventilation in the summer months, it begs the question as to why the crown board is being left on at all. It's not like a crown board would stop the queen from entering the super, that's what a QE is for. Once more ventilation is needed I just take the crown board off.

I might be wrong but it sounds like you have black British bees. If that is the case my bees are the same and doing the same as your bees. Many bees are bred to lay brood to over bursting and many beeks say that the black British bee is not carm enough for them but docile bees worry me to much...

Moggs makes a very good point about the age of the queen is unknown but I have had to remove cell cups at the bottom of my frames too and I have only 4 1/2 frames of capped brood. So your bees supersede her may not be what is happening. I intend to buy a new queen of the same breed, it may be an...

My hive isn't building up as fast as I would like and I too got my colony as a swarm in July. I find that the strain of Queen I have makes for happy bees as they are very defensive of there hive, unlike the more docile bees I have seen that allow wasps in and out with no attempt to defending...

I only use a crown board that has no holes in it at all. So when it comes to taking off a full super, I just shake off the bees and put the frames full off honey into a new super to transport the honey home. A beek once told me that porter escapes were a waste of time as the bees would find...

Hi dryar, Please don't think that I'm trying to talk down to you, its just when I started beekeeping it was hard to make sense of what an egg looked like. So I do hope that this photo might help you. You can see where I have put a red circle over the photo, that the egg is in fact very small...