Wrongfoot
New Bee
I have some of these in my garden they're a nice feature. I'd post a link but I'm not allowed to yet until I post some more - 2 more posts). If you replace the "xx" in the link below with "tt" so it reads "http" I think the link will then work.
hxxp://ibra.beeboles.org.uk/search_detail.php?beeboleIBRARegNo=0261
My Dad's researching the property history here and so we might be able to update the dates depending on his findings.
Relax - I've read some posts here and I'm not going to start my beekeeping with a Skep and controlling 4-5 swarms per year. It seems a bit full on, I've close neighbours who might not want to put up with such a swarm intensive traditional method in the centre of the village and I think I'll try and get permission to locate my freestanding hives where a beginners impact will be limited.
Does anyone have these and operate Skeps from them in a traditional way? It seems they're not considered brilliant from a disease control perspective or a practical method, but perhaps someone still does this in the UK as a historical labour of love? A blog or something like that.
Down the line I might make/buy a couple of full size Skeps to put in the boles as a feature, probably blocking the entrance/base to prevent a garden colony, so they look a little more as they might once have done.
hxxp://ibra.beeboles.org.uk/search_detail.php?beeboleIBRARegNo=0261
My Dad's researching the property history here and so we might be able to update the dates depending on his findings.
Relax - I've read some posts here and I'm not going to start my beekeeping with a Skep and controlling 4-5 swarms per year. It seems a bit full on, I've close neighbours who might not want to put up with such a swarm intensive traditional method in the centre of the village and I think I'll try and get permission to locate my freestanding hives where a beginners impact will be limited.
Does anyone have these and operate Skeps from them in a traditional way? It seems they're not considered brilliant from a disease control perspective or a practical method, but perhaps someone still does this in the UK as a historical labour of love? A blog or something like that.
Down the line I might make/buy a couple of full size Skeps to put in the boles as a feature, probably blocking the entrance/base to prevent a garden colony, so they look a little more as they might once have done.
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