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Hello me again, For those of you who saw my other thread RE moving a hive in winter, its ok because I think I dodged a bullet and decided against taking the bees. Apparently the lady has since sold them on for £480!!!! Anyway, so back to my bees. I have one colony in a national and also a nuc...

I was reading the BBKA news this morning and spotted in the 'news in brief' section the little article about Eat Natural and their new hive. Thought it might be worth mentioning as they are taking entries to set up new beekeepers with their new hive which is made from reclaimed pallets from...

Hey everyone, I have recently met a lady who had bought bees and hives for her ex. She wanted rid of the bees and all the equipment. I made her an offer and she accepted. Now I have a dilemma. She wants the bees out of her garden. They are on double brood with two supers on (from what she said...

Hello everyone, Finally getting round to prepping for next year after some difficult recent weeks. (Not bee related). I have two colonies, one in a Paynes poly and one in a Thornes wooden national. I must say I much prefer the poly for ease of use, less weight and their superior insulation...

Hey, I am just asking as I am curious and also am starting to look at what is going to be happening next season now that we are all but done with summer especially here in rainy old Manchesterland! I have been looking at jar labels and understand that honey must have a best before date on the...

Hey all, So I lost a swarm 4 weeks ago. Decided to split the bees into two to get a good chance at getting a mated queen. It turns out both queens got mated and are now laying in their respective colonies. They are now clipped and marked. During the process of finding, clipping and marking the...

Hello, My bees are generally fairly light in colour. I lost my queen and have raised and got mated two new queens who are now both laying well in their separate colonies. I just wondered what the reason could be for such a massive colour difference between them? The 'main hive' queen is a...

Heeded the auto NBU warning and took some 1:1 syrup down to my hive and nuc earlier. Upon approaching the hive I saw literally no sign of life from either. Stuck my ear to the side of the nuc, nothing. Knocked on the side, nothing. Took the roof off (believing they had lost their battle)...

So I found sealed queen cells on the bottom of frames in my hive during inspection yesterday. Didn't see the queen either so went with the assumption that I lost a swarm. I am going to move a couple of the cells into a nuc and allow the mother hive to raise from two more thereby giving myself a...

Just sat and watched all 5 parts on Youtube. I'm sure most of you will have seen it but for any newbies its well worth a watch. The story of Brother Adam and the origins of the Buckfast bee. Fascinating and I do wonder whether he did do any further work on introducing the Monticola genetics...

My next door neighbour shouted me that she found a bee. Very docile and obviously cold. I've given her a drop of syrup. I have brought her into the kitchen to warm up. Can I help her?

Hi does anyone know if there is a problem with the BBKA website? I can't log in to it? I have only recently joined but for some reason my membership number doesn't work? Cheers Rob

Hello again, When I went to have a quick look from outside at the girs yesterday I noticed one on the floor around 5 metres from the hive with the typical shrivelled wings. They were treated three times in April for varroa and upon last quick look through hive I didn't spot any bees like this...

Hello, Seeing as I have finished my night shift early I wanted to ask a question. Having had a quick look at my newly acquired bees they are on 9 frames in the brood box with a frame of foundation each end they are just beginning to draw. I put syrup on as they only arrived yesterday so was to...

Hello, So I have decided that my preferred method of swarm control this year will be AS. I understand how to do it and the importance of which hive the original queen is in etc. My question relates to moving the hive the second time, to the other side of the new hive in original position. I...

Rip off Britain did a piece on honey. Was interesting but edited very badly. The opening shots were nearly all of bumble bees and then there was this... :hairpull:

It occurs to me that most beekeepers are general all round animal lovers. So I thought we could show off our animal families, and ourselves! Nice to put names to faces and all that! There is a picture of Bella with the babbies (6 of them born 26th March), my stunning and very brave rottie...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxYil_tqaJ4 Is it just me that found this quite uncomfortable viewing? I am a newbie but for me there just seemed so many things not right about the whole thing. Like adding a super when there are only a few frames and none are totally drawn? Would it not have...

Well I am rather excited now! After 5+ years of researching and preparing I finally have a date for the delivery of my first bees! They shall be arriving, all being well, on 5th May! I think I have everything ready and am sure I have a lot of equipment I will probably never use! I am going...