I was surprised to find the other day that bees were nesting in my cavity wall. They are definately honey bees as I'd seen a swarm in May, and I'd heard on TV how Einstin said they were being killed off by mobile phones - so I decided to become a newbeek.
Buying myself a small nuke to hold them in I was bitten several times as I tried catching them in a net - they certainly didnt beehive themselves!
After they were in I was pretty sure that my hive was queenless. Then I saw Her Majesty.
Now my bees are lovely, but do you ever get stung? I asked two local beeks the question and they gave me three answers, one suggested I paint HM the same colour every year (prehaps a nice brown), one suggested that I leave some literature about for the girls to peruse, but however hard I try the bees don't read the books and the last suggested that top bee space is better than bottom bee space or was it the other way around - I just let it bee.
Finally someone asked my if I make honey. Well I had a go but I only got 200 pound off, and to make it worse I dont like honey. I wasnt sure if I could eat the wax either, so I went down to Tesco and bought a jar for 99p.
