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Cheers, It helps to know you're not the only one to encounter this problem. I envy you and your hill in Cornwall - my favourite county.

Sounds like a good idea. Its one of the few suggestions I have not encountered on courses or in my books. I am not sure which of the colonies is producing the followers. It could be both. In this particular case the couple effected have not complained and are always quite keen to talk about...

Yes they do stink like bears. However so does the wife so as you can see I am under pressure from all sides.

Agreed

I suspect the weather is playing its part. Can't seem to shake off the wind.

You're right I do know the answer. I probably should put all my efforts into finding a new site. Cheers it helps to hear it from someone else.

Both queens are last years. Both hives have lots of food supplies. I have erected 6ft close netting screens around the apiary so the flight path is above all our heads. The main problems are generally for a day or 2 after any opening of the hives even the quickest of inspections. It takes the...

I am looking for a new site for my apiary long term and in the short term I think I have a site on the NY Moors which will buy me some time and with a bit of luck some heather honey.

I keep my bees (2 to 3 hives) on my allotment. It's my second season. There were no problems last year but the bees have gradually become more aggressive over the course of this year and are now terrorising my adjacent allotment neighbours. I'm desperate to keep my bees but realise I need to...