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I'm in Shetland. Don't think there are wild bees here. I've never actualy seen any. We have plenty of bumblebees. I'm going to try to locate a nuc in the mainland.

As it turns out I am on one of those remote northerly islands so my nearest BKA would be in Aberdeen which is a boat trip away. It could be a lack of confidence or even me trying to be cautious. If I am going to get into this hobby then I'd like to do it properly.

With both the colder weather and the bees being kept busy while I'm away acting as measures to prevent swarms should I try and give it a go or is it just too risky?

Thank you for all the replies. I was planning on using a fairly big hive to keep them busy to help prevent them from swarming. Not sure where im going to get my nuc from. I live in a fairly isolated place so the nuc would have to be posted :(. Locating one is my next problem.

I would like to start keeping bees this year but I am away for 2 weeks in July. I was planning on getting a 5 frame nuc. I've read that bees tend to swarm in the months of 'May, June and to a lesser extent July.' Since I'd be getting a nuc and they have already swarmed then would it be safe...