I have read with great interest that a Wiltshire beekeeper (Chris Wilkes) is setting up a British black bee breading station at Imber church on the Salisbury Plane (in both the Daily Mail and Sunday Times this weekend).
In the Daily Mail article it states the site is 5 mile from the nearest...
I got a call from a friend yesterday who had found a large swarm while walking the dog.
Grabbed a six frame 14x12 poly nuc and added a frame with drawn comb (and some honey stores) and proceeded to the swarm. Easiest collection ever…. The swarm (about 4 pints in volume) was clinging cold and a...