Back yard bees?

[For want of a better word]

We had a few colonies in our back yard... well orchard ... for 5 years... until Mr Autoglym cut down all the trees on our boundary... allowing the bees to give his little german mini a nice beeswax polish!

Can you get your home bees onto an accessible flat roof?

Join your local association, as there probably will be a queen barterer of local bees who is willing to help with bees that will be adapted to you local conditions.

As you will no doubt have read in other posts, some, even expensive "pure bred" hybrids/mongrels, can turn quite nasty!

Crowding a lot of colonies into a small space without somewhere to take them to in the event of an angry mob arriving on your doorstep with cans of Raid at the ready is IMOHO stupid!... however neat and tidy the apiary may be!!!

Hope you heed good advice and enjoy you new hobby.

Yeghes da

 

[Nakedapiarist]

All the local association bee keepers i know keep bees in the garden. We have two communa apiaries i could move to if i had to but i can't drive so it would be a pita. My neighbours have been fine aside from mr softtop who has been round a couple of times to rant about his precious car roof and threaten. I have no respect for him and will ignore him - one hive is gong down the allotment anyway, if i ever get permission in writing ( the council person has said yes but i need an actual letter ) and one is indoors in the workshop so i can film and tinker more effectively, so he thinks I've moved one

Make sure you're an association member - it gives you insurance - but go for it!

 

[Robbo8916]

Hi Robbo

Do you know Eunan Jones? he keeps his bees at the 'cabbage club' allotments in Tyldesley and has recently received some funding to build an apiary there so you may be able to keep them there. I used to keep my bees in the back garden of my terraced house but in the end i decided it wasn't worth the worry and moved them.

Pm me if you need any help

greg

Thanks Greg,

I've messaged Eunan on Facebook. The allotments are literally about 200 yards from my house! I'll be having a chat with him about it and see where we go from there.

Thanks for all your advice everyone, I'm really grateful.

 

[Swarm]

Bees can be a problem, why is it a good idea for a beginner to have hives in the garden?