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hi all any one got a kids bee suit their little one has grown out of. my little lad 3 has shown a real interest and wife has insisited he helps any size will do as he will grow into it and will defiantly be used in future :thanks:

so did yet another atrifical swarm last night. hadnt been in for a few weeks due to the weather and free time. i found one caped QC and 2 with grubs. still had eggs and loads of bees this was within the first 2 frames of the brood and half. on frame 3 i found queeny still laying. so put frame...

ok so ive screwed up left 2 supers on over winter and now the colony has filled them with brood and stores. looks like they will need double brood, normally run brood and a half any way i added a super last week as hive was full but how to i make the transfer? what i thought was add brood box...

HI all, i know you southerns are enjoying the beginnings of the flow, and we have got lots in bloom up north. i did and inspection last week and most hives were busy and full of bees, took my underneath supers off and most hives at good strength, im being sent away next week and will not have...

i made this mead about six weeks ago, it was all mixed in one bucket then put in 3 demijohns 2 have cleared but the one on the left has not, i tryed adding some yeast nutrient but nothing. is it a bust or is there anything i can do? no sg measurement before thanks stu

hi all thanks in advance for responses: i did a cut out a few months back and i am slowly heating the left over comb to seperate the wax and honey. i seem to have alot of brick dust and soot are the bees likly to take this and put it in the cells or will this be left behind when i feed? i do...

can anyone id this one for me sorry for new thread but couldn't add picture :sorry:

a have few queens of various colours/ strains, from black to yellow to mohogony. but this little lady who arived in a very small swarm in my bath is very small. is she just a virgin waiting to mate or are some just smaller than others?

slightly compicated but here goes. let a hive supercede 17/6 waited enough time and inspected no eggs no nothing still plenty of bees odd drone cell caped and hatching. got a swarm 5 meters from hive as was leaving for trip away a week ago. quickly hived them and left. looked on sat no eggs but...

i have the possibilty of taking a few hives to heather. but they would be on the edge of some 200 acres of heather. there is other forage down the hill and heather is up hill. a local bee keeper tells me that his go for willow herb instead, but is this just his bees and the season he had last...

so sorry if this has been mentioned before but after some re assurance. i had 1 hive that swarmed, left two cells standing one hatched but other one still stands she should of was due on 25th of may but no eggs and no sign of her. i decided to do a test frame on sat. gonna check today and put a...

hey all not sure if this is right section but just had a call from a lady who has bees in a pub roof thats being renovated. called two BK and there not intreseted any one fancy it its not that high. in rushome south manchester PM me and ill send number

http://alternative-energy-gardning.--------.co.uk/2013/02/diy-beehive-in-jar.html has anyone tryed this looks cool but not sure it would sell in uk? ------= B L O G S P O T

I found this interesting http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/bumblebees-will-learn-food

at what point does a swarm cease to be a swarm and become nuc of value? a year? a month? when she starts laying? BIAS? yes i am aware of the feeling some ppl have on selling swarms, that has been debated excessively on this forum.

i thought i would post some good new as there seems to be alot of doom and gloom in the forum lately. if its not people giving up, its people loosing hives to wasps and varroa. all very sad but not many ppl post when its going well. so here it is: 2nd year in ive gone from one after loosing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23852162

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1025_021025_GiantHornets.html im running and hiding in the car if i see one of these!

how accurate is this? i have been offered a apiary on a farm 2.5 mile away from my current apairy does that half mile really make a difference? or is it more like a 3ft 2 mile rule? leaving some hives in current location any way also has anyone raced bees like they do with pigeons? within a...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13972-orchid-lures-bees-with-promise-of-sex-with-strangers.html