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Checked my bait hive this afternoon, caught a wasp nest. At least its one less wasp nest come robbing time.

If anyone has a spare queen for sale in the Preston area or any where in Lancashire, could you let me know. Cheers

Has the BBKA stopped sending these out? not had one for ages now and I am a paid up member. Also any sign of membership cards

Has any one received a 2014/15 membership card yet? I cant remember what month they send them out

I saw a drone come out of one of my hives today, I have this felling its a bit early for drones and I may have a drone laying queen or laying workers. Should I open up and have a look? my instinct tells me to wait until the days are a bit warmer

Just had the last of last years Honey on some toast for supper after Quiz night at my local. Here's to a bounty crop for this year and hope its as nice

This new bee , house bee, field bee , drone, queen bee status thingy. is there a list to say how many posts you need to have to achieved a certain status?

Just trying to get this in my head correctly. Is it better to bank mated or virgin queens?

I found this quite interesting, I hope you do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_mellifera_mellifera

got these pictures sent from my Branch, really good. http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/12/13/bee-portraits-like-youve-never-seen-before/

Just and Idea for those wish to ward off intruders. http://www.bikesecure.co.uk/pages/alarm_mine.html . I intend to use one if I set up any hives away from home. They did scare poachers away when I breed Pheasants.

well after a lovely warmish mid-day yesterday, with bee's buzzing merrily around the garden, we are back to wet cold and miserable weather, I dernt look at the forecast for N.W.

I was asked a question last night under the topic of local honey and its benefit's to certain ailments. The question that the very interested lady asked was what can She call local honey with regard to the mileage from where she lives. I said I think its based on a 20 mile radius. Was I correct?

Just wondering what the general opinion is on which way is best to have your frames, warm way or cold way? I have always been the cold way without any problems.

Firstly, Happy New Year to all. I have just finished OA treatment on my 3 hives. Two of them had 5 seams each to treat and the other had 7 seams to treat. Is this about right for the time of year? All 3 hives had plenty of stored honey.

I have been finding some really interesting stuff on the web about bees and thought this link may be of interest to some of you http://www.honeybee.com.au/Library/pollen/nutrition.html

www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/?id=19003 .

hi all, I tried some mashed up banannas in a wasp trap mixed with some water today. The result was very good. It caught about 30 in a hour

Hung up some of those imitation wasp nests in the hedge near the hives on Thursday. They seem to have kept the little blighters away. Anyone else tried them?