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It's going to be a cracking day to get out for a walk in the sunshine. If you're in the Hucclecote area of Gloucester then please keep an eye out for my sister's lost dog. Keep an ear out too as he may have got stuck down a rabbit hole. Reward for safe return so get out there, get some air and...

I found this quite interesting... http://www.yatzer.com/tomas-libertiny-and-the-honey-bees

I was out sorting my wood pile over the weekend when I noticed this wasp 'balling' a bee's head. It went on for some time and she flew off (with head) just seconds after I stopped filming. I would have thought the need for protein was over now - or do we think she's consuming the chitin, which...

Hi, I've read here and in other places that bees will gather nectar OR pollen. However, mine are still hitting the bramble hard and appear to gather both at the same time. This little lady definitely had her tongue inside the flower, I presume for gathering nectar, but also has pollen in her...

I had to do an AS yesterday on a colony I caught as a prime swarm in May and have never seen the queen in. After a while of fruitless searching I remembered a tip that I read in my first ever beginners book that I haven't seen mentioned by anyone else since... I took the brood box and placed it...

I've had my first super of honey this year, about a third of which I've made into cut comb (Manley frames with thin, unwired foundation). The rest I used the crush & strain method to get a few jars. This is currently sat in a settling tank, inside at about 20°C and has been there for four days...

Last week I was checking the parent part of an AS, which is on brood+half. I had knocked down all the queen cells I could find apart from one, which was open and had a big fat larva swimming in royal jelly - this was located at the bottom of one of the half-brood (top) frames as you would...

I've heard clips of a queen piping but was just down near the hives and noticed a drumming type noise - actually, it reminds me of the creaking you get from the lines on big old sailboats... Anyway, could this be a virgin queen has just emerged? The hive in question is the swarm part of a...

Second year beek with just the one colony... I'd be interested in all comments, ideas and criticisms on the events below. I finally got a weather window for a decent inspection on Friday and was confronted by lots of swarm cells, both open and sealed. I was cursing myself as the general...

I received a load of frames and foundation from T's yesterday and started making some of the SN4s up this evening. I found that the foundation was slightly too big to fit between the sidebars without rippling/warping but with 3 or 4mm trimmed off they fit just fine. This is the first time I've...

Can anyone tell me what's going on here? Is it just an over-zealous guard bee or some other behaviour that I've not witnessed before? It happens right at the start of the video and then again around 1:20. Not seen it happen since. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZtId_12IQ

I took advantage of the warmish afternoon and lack of wind to have a good look in my hive this afternoon. I took a few photographs with my phone, and I know how people like pics :) 1. Is this 'bursting with bees'? It's the deep brood under the shallow brood (which had a similar density of bees...

Hi, My wife has been looking for some artwork for our newly decorated lounge/diner and would like to hang a series of three or four prints of bees, given my new found interest in them. She is not looking for photo-realistic images but rather sketch drawings or maybe watercolour. I know the type...

One of last year's efforts. https://picasaweb.google.com/102748683953271598619/Bees#5725054181961202402 Nick

Hi All, Not sure if anyone frequents the deeper, darker depths of this forum but felt it was bad form to post this in General. I would love to get some more experience under my belt in return for lugging boxes, extracting, driving my mentor around their sites and/or any other apiary work that...

Hi All, Well, I've been lurking for a good while but feel it's time to say hello :seeya: I've always had a love of the 'Great Outdoors' but if I'm honest I can't recall the point at which I decided to be kept by bees. I think it was an article I read on the decline of honey bees that made me...