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That's great, thanks for the info. I'll let you know how I get on.

The forage is quite good in the area lots of rosebay willow herb. I'm not too sure of his judgement it's the first time I've had a call off him with regards to a swarm. It's usually wasps that he deals with. The person whos house it is just mentioned the swarm of bees at the back of their house...

A friend of mines is a pest controller and has been asked to move a swarm of bees from a house roof. He has offered me them but I work offshore and won't be able to get them until tomorrow. According to him it looks like they've been there a few days as they've already started to build comb. My...

Hi Enrico, thanks for the advice I think I'll try that. It was a total mistake in turning the hive 180 degrees. Graeme

Hi help needed, I carried out an artificial swarm last Thursday and thought everything had gone well. I went back to check today and found I had placed the original hive with queen in the original position but facing 180 degrees out. I found lots of dead bees under the hive and also under the...

I've bought a few hives from Caddon Hives, the build, service and cost were second to none. Certainly won't be going anywhere else. Can't recommend them enough.

Hi I'm looking for a nuc if anyone has one available.

Thanks for sharing, never seen that before.

My hive stand has the four corner post sunk into the ground and held in place by a couple of bags of post mix. I know it's a bit extreme but once it's set it's solid so there's no chance of it blowing over and the hives are secured to it also. Graeme

Received my first nuc of bees last night from local association. So here goes. Everything seems to be 3-4 weeks behind up here. Been looking forward to this day for ages.

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Due to loss of hives over winter I'm looking for a nuc of bees. I'm willing to travel to collect if anyone has any available. Graeme

Hi David, have you managed to sell your colony? Graeme

Hi all, I'm Graeme. I'm from west Lothian and completely new to all this. I've managed to source a couple of hives complete with bees which I'll be receiving at the start of next year. I just can't wait to get started. I've joined my local beekeeping association and will take a few classes. So...