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Having caught a swarm in Lakenheath on Sunday the colony that lives above my front door decided to swarm today and move into my bait hive. I have added a frame of stores and 5 frames of new brood foundation on National frames. I now have more bees than I can handle so would like to sell this...

Where do I start? I am having 3 or 4 calls a day from people with 'bees'. Some of these turn out to be wasps. I don't have any equipment to wipe out wasp nests. Can anyone give me any pointers at what sort of equipment, training etc I would need to start initially a wasp eradication business -...

I wonder if any forum members in near Lakenheath, Suffolk can help this guy? Had call from a Mr Tomlin 01842 861953 His neighbour is in his 90s and has been stung several times by a swarm about 10 foot off his footpath and would like someone to come and remove it. I was going to go and remove...

My strongest colony entered Winter with a brood box and two supers full of bees - both supers were full of stores. They were fed - treated for Varroa - I thought it would survive the Winter - my weaker colonies made it OK. When I examined it two weeks ago there was just a frame of bees and...

There was an interesting article in the latest Smallholder magazine about the Swindon Honeybee Conservation Group and their hygenic bees - able to groom off the Varroa mite and remove larvae with Varroa mites on them. http://www.swindonhoneybeeconservation.org.uk/ Looks like the future in...

Looking to starting to make my own cider later in the year - I'm sure I can swap my surplus eggs for bags of apples :) Can anyone recommend a good cider press and what equipment do I need? What are the best guides to cider making?

I had a call to look at a swarm above a bedroom window at a hotel. Upon arrival turns out to be a Grade II listed stately home - the bees are about 40 feet above ground living within two feet thick walls - the only way to access them is via the flat roof on this part of the building or via the...

Looking for a cheap or cheaper National Nucleus hive (without bees)

I have had a bait hive sitting ontop of my oil tank for a few months now - at the weekend I decided to renew the pheromone bait, tip half bottle of lemon grass oil around the entrance and inside and stick in half a dozen empty old frames I was given that are only good for firewood - covered in...

Having completed a 120 mile round trip to pick up a swarm from Tonybloke - just sat down - phone rings - lady in next village had a swarm in her front hedge - so gone from 1 coolny to 4 this week :) Running out of spare hive parts now - credit card will be crying next week :)

I have a 2.5kg pack of Apifonda that has split. Can I feed this to a colony that I don't plan to harvest any honey from this year - would this cause any problems - or can I store it in the freezer until I need it?

On Friday I will be examining a honey bee colony - described to me as about the size of a football hanging from the rafters. Definately honey bees as the householder has had swarms in the past. I'm thinking about cutting the wax comb and hanging them by elestic bands in empty frames with...

Nice hot day today - I thought the colony that lives above my front door was going to swarm today as the entrance hole was thick with bees - but they appear to have ejected a large number of drones and the bees are actively preventing them returning home - I have a large number of dead and dying...

Br*tish B**hives - Seller no longer has Fleabay account based Frome, Somerset. http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=thejoineryworkshop&&_trksid=p4340.l2560&iid=330529400938&sspagename=VIP:feedback&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller B**joiner - Failed to deliver hives - negative...

As a newbee what would the more experience recommend as the basic list of items I would need as a bee first aid and health kit to treat/prevent mites/viruses and diseases etc? And what are the pros and cons of the various products being offered?

I acquired a captured swarm from another forum member on Thursday evening. I kept them in their NUC box on four and a half frames until Saturday when I transferred them into their new home - I opened the entrance of the NUC on Thursday evening so they had a few days to get acquainted to their...

If I can't extract the wild colony that lives above my front door I'm interested in a Nuc on National frames in the next month or so.