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A friend of mine has asked me if there are any bee charities she could donate to. Their company make skate boards and they are going to make a skate deck with a bee graphic about their decline. They want to give money per deck to a 'bee charity'. Any ideas who would be the best? They won't sell...

A friend has been out on his shoot and found a pheasant feeder that has fallen over has become home to a colony of bees. Good job it's been a mild winter. Will go and collect them, and leave them in the feeder until the weather is warmer. Might put some hessian and cover in tarp around...

Have got a new apiary, right next to where my bees are located stands a disused small cattle shelter. It has walls on three sides, some with a few holes higher up. Open at the front which faces a large hedge, it has a good roof. There's a lot hedges and in this area which don't get cut, some...

Looked in hive 10 two weeks ago, queen hasn't been laying particularly well. Found one charged QC in the middle of a frame, just one, looked like they were superseding so left them to it. A couple of days later I found a swarm on the side of hive 10. Looked in all of my hives and hive 10 was...

Are there Official Swarm collectors? Can any beekeeper collect swarms? Just trying to resolve a debate. Thank you.

Currently we have 12 national hives and one poly nuc. 2 weeks ago hive 6 had laying workers in it. We took it across the field and emptied it on the floor. Reassembled minus drone brood (treat for the chickens) popped it back in original position and added a frame containing egg and open brood...

Collected a prime swarm on Monday 2nd June 2014. They have been drawing out frames since their arrival and have some stores. Spotted the queen today Tuesday 10th June, so know she is there, but there are no eggs at all. I would have expected her to have started laying by now (judging by other...

This is my 1st post....so please be gentle. One of our hives is doing very well. It is a double brood box, wall to wall brood in both brood boxes, queen excluder in place, and two supers on top filling nicely, lots and lots of bees. On our last inspection (Friday), we found a lot of play...