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  1. PaleoPerson

    Nucs for sale - Essex

    I have number of nucs available from swarms. Some are laying on frames (14x12 & National) others are not laying yet. PM or tel: 0789 120 2245 for more info
  2. PaleoPerson

    Honey bees in compost bin

    Had to remove some bees that have been using a compost bin since last year. This was good fun. The queen was seen and marked, some comb mounted in frames and us now in a hive
  3. PaleoPerson

    What is going on?

    This evening, this is what was going on at one of my hives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH3DeiCKT_s The queen was outside, this is the first time I have seen her. This was a swarm I collected ten days ago. She just sat outside gyrating her body, they did not seem to be swarming and after...
  4. PaleoPerson

    Why do swarms have to be so difficult?

    Sometimes, collecting swarms is so demanding!
  5. PaleoPerson

    Free bees!

    I am going to do a cut out in a stable tomorrow (23rd May) and there are two possibly three small fresh colonies. They have been there less than a week and I suspect that they may be casts with virgin queens. If any one wants to assist me, you would be more than welcome and you can keep the...
  6. PaleoPerson

    Nuc for sale Essex

    5 frame nuc, overwintered with 2011 queen. 3 - 4 frames of brood and eggs. Std National Frames. Location, Benfleet, Essex. tel: 0789 1202245 Price £150 ready now.
  7. PaleoPerson

    Essex - 6 Frame National Nuc

    Available now, overwintered 6 frame nuc. 5 frames with brood and eggs Queen 2011 marked and clipped £175 c/w ****** 6 frame poly nuc More overwintered colonies available in 14x12 (up to 3) and one std national colony subject to inspection.
  8. PaleoPerson

    Light-bulb Moment

    During the summer, I had a call to to collect a swarm in a dustbin. When I arrived, I discovered that the bin was full of water, with the cluster on the lid of the bin. Simple, drop bees into nuc and leave it in appropriate place and allow the fliers to follow the scent. This was when I...
  9. PaleoPerson

    Five colonies for sale Essex and Kent.

    I have five colonies for sale. Three are in Kent(Me13) and two/three are in Essex. One is a very strong colony on 14x12 The rest are on STD National brood frames and are a mixture of full colonies or nucleus. Pm for more information.
  10. PaleoPerson

    Bee Colonies for Sale

    I have a number of Colonies for sale as I need to reduce the numbers. They vary from a freshly collected swarm to a well established very strong colony with everything else in between. I am looking to sell between 5 or 6 colonies, three of which are based in North Kent ME13 and the rest in...
  11. PaleoPerson

    Bees in Compost Bin

    Got a call the other day about bees in a compost bin. Only about six inches of room between top of compost and lid. Here we go, more Bumbles, but hey, this was what I was met with: They cover approx 4 frames. I walked them in because, A/ I had the time and B/ the property owner was really...
  12. PaleoPerson

    Lazy Pest Controller?

    Got called to friends house as he 'possibly had bees' in the roof. They were also entering a bedroom from 'somewhere'. Initial inspection confirmed that they were indeed honeybees and that they were in the side of a dormer. The property was rented. I said that I would help under the following...
  13. PaleoPerson

    And today's challenge was.....

    Called out to a bee swarm, and it took a little while to work out what had happened. The swarm had been in a small tree where a guy parked his van. I think that most of the swarm was on the roof. van drives off in the morning, taking most of the swarm and the queen with it. This left a number...
  14. PaleoPerson

    The things some folks do

    This year I have had two experiences whilst collecting swarms that beggers belief. The first: Got called out to a swarm, but halfway there, got a call cancelling the collection as 'A friend wanted to keep bees and her husband had bought her a hive and this would start her off'. As I was not far...
  15. PaleoPerson

    Black beauty or Beastie?

    Pic of a queen from a swarm I collected last month. All her progeny are dark and the temperament is good, doing everything they are supposed to do. The lighter coloured bees are from the original swarm and there are not many of them left now with all the new bees being dark. It seems odd that...
  16. PaleoPerson

    Free Bees

    Small cast(?) swarm collected this afternoon Home needed So anyone who wants them are welcome to collect, bring you own Nuc. Temperament: Unknown Health: Unknown Queen: Unseen, but the way they ran into the nuc box, must be there. Queen Mated: Do not know, but I would assume not Collection...
  17. PaleoPerson

    Yum Yum

    Just discovered fresh Strawberries and Honey Yum Yum
  18. PaleoPerson

    Swarm

    A prime Swarm? Who can tell me what this is? I do know by the way, just a bit of fun ;)
  19. PaleoPerson

    Patient Bees

    Coming to the end of an inspection, it just made me chuckle as to how patient the bees were. All lined up on the edge of the brood box, just waiting for me to finish.
  20. PaleoPerson

    Osr, here we go again

    Took all the osr honey off the colonies the other day as it us effectively over. Did an inspection in one out apiary to find the new super full to capacity, a roof full of bees and the brood box with no room left. What was a strong colony got stronger and then I spotted the spring sown osr in...
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