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As some of you will have read I was a swarm magnet over the last few weeks I'm sure this will have been covered before but the search does not do phrases So if any of you have a link to where I find instructions it may save time . This is what I'm thinking ! Both brood boxs have a queen ! And...

2 weeks ago i did not have a bee !!! And when my friend a ex beek came around to help me capture a swarm that had swarmed from a tree in my garden ! he said " theres no way you'll end up with just one hive " i laughed . i've now 4 in 2 weeks so 1 origanal from the the tree . just in a brood...

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I've just cadeged a hive off a game keeper it's old and unused for a few years but not by the bees !! It's full of bees !! It has a brood box and I think a queen separator plus a super in! but it's gunked up to hell . It is now at mine in situ ( placed there tonight in the dark and foam took...

Well you get a hive and a few bees and everyone thinks you can solve all be problems !!! ;) My dad this morning went in his compost bin and a colony of bumble bees have set up home ! They are smallish a little bit bigger then my drones ! White backsides and a bronze ring around there...

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/video.php?do=viewdetails&videoid=111 this is a short vid inside the tree where my swarms have come from !! It's hard to tell but im looking down on them !! Any thoughts would be grateful please woody

I am new to this ! But can't help think i can do a slightly better job of the supers and brood boxes ! i've come up with a 4 piece ( rather then 8 piece ) version all sizes are exactly the same the only thing is at the min the are in white wood ie pine so are slightly heavier ! but they are...

I put a post on last week re a swarm of bees that appeared in my garden !! i made a hive and put the swarm in the hive . I'm learning every day about them and have got help from a few places including here ( thanks ) I've since noticed where they came from ! up a old popular 10 m from my house ...

Im brand new to bees really but a very fast learner and for years thought about keeping bees ! Thursday a swarm of bees swarmed on a branch in my pond area on the farm / barn conversions i live in . I promptly made a phone call to a friend i remember mentioning used to keep bees . In the next...