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The bees are here Well I did it Peterborough to Ashwater in Devon with a very full hive on the back seat. We all arrived safe with only one small issue. When I went to pick them up there was 2 bees that had not got back in time so were effectively locked out. No issue I thought as 2 out how...

Well its 3:34 in the morning on the day that I am collecting my first hive of bees and I am n ot sure if it's the excitement of getting started on what I hope is years of pleasure or the fact i am going to share 5 hours in a car with thousands of bees and the thought of them escaping is scaring...

Thanks I will give it a go in a couple of weeks

Hi not sure what the new hive will be until friday as there are several types. Yes I suppose I would end up with two hives but only one queen so that would not work too well would it.

Hi I want to do a false swarm and relocate the bees to a different make of hive does anybody know if this can be done? If so. What's the best way?

Hi Does anybody have any advice on how I could do a false swarm and change the type of hive? I want to move a Polly hive to a beehause Cheers bee-smillie

How old does a hedge need to be to be laid I have a few hedges some years old and others brand new well 2 years old and about 1m high. I would love to have them laid but I want the finished Hight to be 2.5m is this possible?

Hi stainless is the best metal as it is becoming an essential food contact material in most sectors of the food industry you would ideally use a type classed as 316 however you could get away with 304 this type of stainless is magnetic. Industry is/has moved away from aluminium as it is...

Hi I have and they run at the weekends only so I am geographically out of synch

Hi I am new to this and rightly or wrongly will be getting a hive of bees in a couple of weeks time. I work away from home in the week so only here at weekends. I would like to do a course on bee keeping but all courses are run when I am out of the local area. I have read a few books but...