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Lovely ball of bees in the bush. Was very quiet so put as many as I could into the nuc box and sat back and waited. They were really chilled and docile. I had Ellie with me, once again who was fearless!!! Bees had come from a very well established colony in the wall nearby … Read more
Another one this year. lovely bunch of bees in the apple tree of a local house. Message came through on the BeeSwarm website. Fairly easy collection dropped the mass into the box and placed on the sheet then watched them all march up into the box.
Lovely swarm in the field need me… I recognize the hives behind at the back of the picture!!! Damn I must have missed the Queen cell!! I guess every day is a school day. This one likely came out of Red / White poly Hive. Settled and happy in their new home in the Purple … Read more
OK so every beekeeper will know that you can NEVER have enough storage for all your equipment. If you have enough storage then you simply don’t have enough equipment!! I have been looking at using some of the outside storage for the old boxes, feeders, queen excluders etc. and stuff. My wood shed was built … Read more
So I got called to a swarm that had disappeared so kept the feelers out for the landing zone and then got called by the new swarm owner who had them land on his roof. Really tricky removal without a proper sized ladder. Nice excuse, however, to use the bee vac. Reaching into the gutters … Read more
So it is that time of year where I take a deep breath and lift the covers to see what I have managed to get through the winter.. This year we had 5 hives going into the winter. Purple died in the latter stages of the year so that doesn’t count. Coming out of the … Read more
Important going into winter that the hive hearts are operating properly. You may have noticed that the data was becoming more and more sporadic on the site as the batteries ran out. It was therefore time to get in there and change the batteries. Should be a really easy thing but I had typically made … Read more
I am a huge fan of the Swienty Breeze suits. I have used them myself for many years and find that they are very protective without the sweat of overheating when I am doing things. I should say however that I am an active beekeeper. My bees are a good 500 M walk away through … Read more
OK so this is not bee related but anyone who knows me will know that I have been super excited this year about my new pond, so I thought it was worth a post… The story begins with me having wanted a pond ever since moving to Horsham. A small bucket dug into the corner … Read more
Asian Hornets are a disaster for beekeeping in this country. They have arrived over from France and have begun to spread across the UK since 2016. Luckily their numbers are still fairly low but it is really important that they are found and removed by the authorities. Asian hornets are an invasive species and eat … Read more
