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I hived a swarm last Friday night in a poly nuc, I checked all was well this morning and to my horror noticed the plastic disc on the entrance was shut, and they were locked in, it was definitely open when I hived them. It was then I noticed the "self tapper" holding the disc on to the hive...

I've kept Bees for a long time now, and they never cease to surprise me, just when my mind is on other things, like supers enough stores etc etc etc i failed to thoroughly check my Hives and the little B******s in one Hive swarmed yesterday ....... Oh what a fantastic hobby this is.:)

Apart from the last couple of weeks it has rained forever! Consequently most Birds have suffered from a dearth of Insects, I have noticed recently a Great Tit taking a close Interest in my hives,taking a much closer Interest myself,the little ######## is actually flying onto the hive landing...

Wife out shopping i am sitting in the garden in the shade building supers the sweet smell of cedar and beeswax,having a roll-up and a cup of tea,my girls busy on the flowers,popping in for a drink out of the fish pond. Summertime and the living is easy..............:sifone:

I have Been to do my weekly Winter check this Morning, Bees still active bringing in loads of Pollen(Yellow), thought i would have my feet up by now with a good book .

While we are all in battle with wasps (Huge increase in the last week here),varoa and all the other pests and pathogens a lighter note I cut my finger with a "Stanley" knife on staurday, much blood and swearing, a sticky plaster and all was well again, cut the same finger on sunday chopping veg...

Missus hived swarm for me when she got home from work,alls well that ends well, only a small caste so i will try and build it up as a nuc for overwinter. well i will if it stays, i don't think this hive wants to live with me, must be my aftershave :).Will requeen this year/next spring cos the...

Went to check on my hives this afternoon,haven't done any checks for about three weeks (see previous threads) the hive that has swarmed three times in as many weeks, decided to swarm while i was checking them, quickly put the roof back on and just stood there watching them as they left home...

Following from my thread yesterday 0830 this morning bees swarmed, i have never seen a swarm so determined to abscond, they rose in the air like something out of a low budget horror film, then shot off at a speed that would make the red arrows proud. as i watched them through my binoculars they...

My Bees are in a field next to my house,I am incapacitated at the moment after an operation on my Foot (Coincidentally at world cup time :) ) to my point One of my Hives swarmed yesterday,settled nearby, and then went back to the hive,this hive did this earlier in the year ? Today they did it...

I went to my shed yesterday (to get my fishing gear) discovered wax fragments on the floor, i have stacked about six or seven supers in there over winter,all drawn out and cleaned by the bees last autumn,lifting them out i discovered the utter devastation Mice can cause, most supers...

Thought i would post this here My other half bought me a Bee suit for xmas, tried it on last week and it was too small (I blame all that xmas pud) contacted bbwear who asked me to send it back, they sent me another immediately with no questions asked, what a brilliant company to do business...

I'm just not happy with the direction the so called "representation" of Beekeeepers has gone, so i will Just vote with my feet, and save Money in the process, a win win situation

just wishing all beeks new and old a merry xmas and a buzzing new year went into tesco's to do a big shop (xmas) noticed Honey for sale at 68p yes not a misprint 68p don't know what it was like, or where it was from, but someone is buying it...... anyway rant over, all the best

I have done a Hive check this morning, on one of my hives that swarmed in May , i check my hives regularly but to be quite honest rarely check supers, i just take them off and check the brood box and then replace them i was very suprised to find Eggs and larva at all stages in the second super...

As a relatively new Beek ( 5 Years) I took a decision last Summer , after a Winter of 60% losses to leave 1 out of my 3 Hives as nature intended ie I didn't take any Honey in the Autumn, i didn't feed them all season I didn't do the checks for swarming nor did i disturb them every week to check...