I both bee keep and shoot.
I personally think that you may be the ignorant one if you look at the grand scheme of things.
I eat all I shoot, wild animals that have had a wild life! not barn fed chickens that have a poor quality of life.
I have worked on over 10 shooting estates and have never...
Inspecting one of my most successful hives on Saturday.
I found the queen (2 years old) took a while because the marking was wearing off.
I had thought that as the mark I had made seemed to be wearing off I would re-mark her to speed inspections up in the future.
When I had finished I...
My little blighter's are filling these supers and i'm getting itchy feet and want to start extracting.
currently got 4 supers (3 full and 1 is 1/2 full . )
When I extract it will be all at the same time so i need to pick my time envelope carefully.:hairpull:
in my opinion i think it is total down to the nature of the strain of bee you are working with and their temperament.
my best hive is full of nasty little buggers but they work real hard.
about a month ago i forgot the smoker and I got abused .
pretty quick get away with my tail between my...
Would something based on the principles of those pop up greenhouses with a heating fan work do you think?
Im thinking some kind of foil lined tent with a heater and thermostat. ?
I didn't mean to offend!:sorry:
I just feel that people seem to put a downer on swarm stocks when i personally havent really had much trouble with them re-swarming.
several weeks seems excessive. maybe i have been very lucky and just get hold of the good types of swarms haha :chillpill: