Hi

[Swilks]

I have always wanted to have a bee hive, however due to where i have lived have never been able to.
I have just bought a house in rural central Portugal with a large plot of land, surrounded by countryside and as such am seriously considering getting a hive.

Any advice, especially from anyone in Portugal is gratefully accepted.

 

[BeeJayBee]

You might get some info from expatsportugal. There are quite a few threads, this one is a starter for you http://expatsportugal.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=128117

Whereabouts in Portugal are you moving to?

 

[Anduril]

A couple of links on this site regarding Portugal.
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16575&highlight=portugal
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14405&highlight=portugal

 

[Luminos]

 

[Swilks]

Thanks for reply.... We are moving to Alvorges, near to Tomar.

 

[enrico]

For the sun?

 

[Swilks]

For the sun, overall better weather and hopefully a nicer way of life. !! Can't wait !!

 

[dclewis]

I hope you speak the lingo, if not you risk becoming a sad expat looking for other sad expats to talk about how its not the same as back in blighty! But then the sun will be shining!

 

[BeeJayBee]

Tomar/Coimbra area is lovely. Lucky you.

Language won't be a problem. Almost all Portuguese speak at least some English, and are very enthusiastic to learn more. Many restaurants are run by people who've done some form of training here in Britain.

The hardest thing is to get them to let you speak their language.

 

[Swilks]

One of the Mai reasons we chose the area was the lack of expats and those "place in the sun type villas " we love the old rustic Portugal and its locals.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Language won't be a problem. Almost all Portuguese speak at least some English,

And if in doubt talk slowly and loudly punctuated by exaggerated hand signals
Wecome to the forum Swiks - stick around and you will get a lot of sense from it (unfortunately a large proportion will be Non - sense )

 

[Bunty]

Formal hello ..............

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