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Millet · Jun 4, 2015

What is the limit and time scale for starting a new Hive weather prevailing in the north east of England.. It may sound a silly question to most but if you do not ask you will never learn..

Millet · Jun 5, 2015

Thank you for your in depth information and replies.. i find this forum helpful all the same..

Thymallus · Jun 5, 2015

Starting a new hive as in how exactly?
Buying in a Nuc+queen....timescale to build up to full hive?

jenkinsbrynmair · Jun 5, 2015

First I've seen this post. What do you mean by 'starting a new hive'? a bit more info may have been useful.
Now is about the time of year to look out for home grown nucs with this year's mated queen in, so you have plenty of time to get one of those well established for winter (although maybe not get much honey) It's about this time of the year I get my new nucs up and running. and of course there's plenty of swarms around. You can 'start up' a hive much later, one of my best hives i have was a nuc made up in September (queen ordered to requeen a suspected failing colony but they made their own and I couldn't find the new queen), overwintered as a six frame nuc and hived in the spring. Still going like a trainthree seasons later I usually see her a couple of times a year - I did this afternoon which was fortuitous as she was running out of space and I wanted, if possible, to Demarree her.

deanrpwaacs · Jun 5, 2015

Im a newb so cant realy comment but found this . http://www.------------------/beekeepers-resource/winter-preparation

deanrpwaacs · Jun 5, 2015

If you fill in the dots with norfolkbee dot co dot uk you should get there .

BeeJayBee · Jun 6, 2015

It depends on what you want to achieve, and your own timescale.

Careful though, because somebody might point out that a hive is a box that could contain a colony of bees, although in USA some will call a colony as "hive", even if it's living in a tree.

Plenty of new beekeepers are still waiting for their nucs to arrive, and there are a lot of swarms about now which will build up over the season and might even give a little honey.

The later you leave it, the less chance of getting a colony large enough to overwinter in a full size box, but a smaller colony will do well in a nice warm nuc.

snelgrove · Jun 6, 2015

I am from northeast England, plenty of time to take nucs off yur own colonies and also hive up swarms , well into July .

Finman · Jun 6, 2015

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It depends, how big is start.

snelgrove · Jun 6, 2015

Finman said:
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It depends, how big is start.

any that are not up ti scratch by end of summer are united

Gilberdyke John · Jun 6, 2015

Millet said:
What is the limit and time scale for starting a new Hive weather prevailing in the north east of England.. It may sound a silly question to most but if you do not ask you will never learn..

As others have said, a little more information would help but around now bees are swarming and starting new colonies naturally. Even later swarms may still occur and can become established colonies in time for winter.
If you can catch one of those swarms and place it in a suitable hive the bees will do most of the rest. Or you could beg or buy a hived, established laying queen colony, perhaps in a nuc or already in a hive. Usually round here the nuc is returned with clean frames and foundation, depending on the deal

Much then depends upon your level of knowledge, skill, ability and willingness to improvise adapt and overcome to borrow the US marine corps motto.
What type of hive are you thinking of using? The National or other framed hives are most popular and if it comes to interchangeability with other beekeepers I would suggest this is the way to go.
Of course you could see sense and go in for something simpler like a career in rocket science

Millet · Jun 6, 2015

Thank you all very much.. even if you think any information given is not helpful i can assure you it is..
I have been keen on wildlife all my life and bee's being one of the species.. the way they work together and the way they all feed on different food's for the role they play amazes me.. just as all the different task's they do to ensure the hive is working well..
I have been interested in honey bee's for the past 3yr's and i have read and watched a lot of video's on the subject which i have found confusing at times.. but i have not took the plunge yet as too me it's more of a science than a hobby..
I do have brand new National hive and frames for both super and brood box and i have a perfect location to start that one and many more if i feel the need..
My main goal is too help the bee's as to my knowledge they are on the decline.. i have little interest in the honey..
The main reason i asked the question is the weather has been foul in Northumberland for the past several monthes but as it's starting to warm up i regularly see honey bee's flying around the area..so i was thinking if i set the hive up in the chosen spot and maybe add some pheromone i may attract the bee's if the weather is warmer..thank you again..

Gilberdyke John · Jun 6, 2015

Millet said:
Thank you all very much.. even if you think any information given is not helpful i can assure you it is..
I have been keen on wildlife all my life and bee's being one of the species.. the way they work together and the way they all feed on different food's for the role they play amazes me.. just as all the different task's they do to ensure the hive is working well..
I have been interested in honey bee's for the past 3yr's and i have read and watched a lot of video's on the subject which i have found confusing at times.. but i have not took the plunge yet as too me it's more of a science than a hobby..
I do have brand new National hive and frames for both super and brood box and i have a perfect location to start that one and many more if i feel the need..
My main goal is too help the bee's as to my knowledge they are on the decline.. i have little interest in the honey..
The main reason i asked the question is the weather has been foul in Northumberland for the past several monthes but as it's starting to warm up i regularly see honey bee's flying around the area..so i was thinking if i set the hive up in the chosen spot and maybe add some pheromone i may attract the bee's if the weather is warmer..thank you again..

Your heart is in the right place but beekeeping isn't just a matter of watching bees flying in and out of a hive. The knowledge required enables you to care for your colony(colonies), be aware of the colony health, food stores (and need for feeding at times), control swarming (or try to)
Please make contact with your local beekeeping association, meet beekeepers, get your hands into a hive and experience bees flying close to your veil before you commit. As to not being worried about getting honey, many beekeepers struggle to get a worthwhile harvest so your concerns may be inadvertently met.
As to being confused by you tube videos, all I can say is some of the tripe posted on there is dangerous nonsense, the trick of course is knowing which bits are sense and ignoring the rest.

Millet · Jun 6, 2015

Gilberdyke John said:
The knowledge required enables you to care for your colony(colonies), be aware of the colony health, food stores (and need for feeding at times), control swarming (or try to)
get your hands into a hive and experience bees flying close to your veil..
As to being confused by you tube videos, all I can say is some of the tripe posted on there is dangerous nonsense, the trick of course is knowing which bits are sense and ignoring the rest.

Thank you very much John.. basically i ignore a lot of what i watch on You Tube mainly American videos..
As for bee's flying close to me it does not bother me i have a large growth of ivy on the back of the house and each Autumn and even later on in the year i regularly get swarm's of bee's / wasp's / butterflies and flies what i have to walk through.. i have never been stung by one of them bee's but several times from dopey wasp's (cold weather maybe ? ) ..
As for diseases and feeding i may have that covered.. aswell as Varroa ..
As for a mentor funny enough and she maybe on here but i was talking to a good lady who is the chairman/woman of the Northumberland bee keeping association several week's ago.. and i had a little chin wag with her..

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