Recent content by beech55

Just after I had finished typing this thread the delivery van pulled in, would you believe it... Within the well packed boxes was the usual second to none high quality hive parts, perhaps the delay was due to the wood being not quite seasoned enough.. They make such beautiful hives and...

Hi All, Has anybody had any problems with orders taking forever with NBS, they are normally fairly good, I think they may be under staffed at this busy time of year... Would be interested to know if any other beekeepers have had to wait a time for their hive parts etc :serenade:

Hi All, Ref..Saturdays Beetradex at Stoneleigh... Did anyone pick up a plastic bag with three bottles of Hive Clean in? which I stupidly placed down somewhere while shopping at the event, If some honest person happened to pick them up I would be please to sort them out a drink and carriage...

Hi all Did you pick up any top tips at the BIBBA bee improvement day lectures?, interesting to get any feedback and any possible plans for queen rearing this season.. Hope you enjoyed the day Thks

Hi Iam a member of Friends of the Bees seems quite good on the insurance side of things... http://www.friendsofthebees.org

Its no good, given up trying to work out what BIAS means...can anyone enlighten me..Thks B

Anybody got any news form the Thornes sale day? ...Looked like good event..I had to work will try next year!!

Hi All thanks for all of your replies, Really great to know people can offer some great advise through this forum.. I have arranged for the bees to be re homed in a secluded site with a experienced beekeeper, who will probably consider re queening at some point, But they will definately NOT...

Thanks for all of your replies... These bees are bees from hell, my gut feeling is that I don't want them in my apiary, I going to sleep on it and make a decision at the weekend...thanks again to everyone, D

Thanks Redwood and HM Honey...was going to re-queen,just windy about even taking the roof off now.. little horrors....was temped a little earlier to go for the petrol option...incidents like that can make you reconsider beekeeping... thanks again.. D

Just been attacked by a ferocious hive in my apiary, they were from a swarm I collected locally in the spring... They have always been really aggressive, was hoping they would quieten down after the queen got settled in and started and laying which she has done etc.. I had to rapidly retreat...

Checked my national hives yesterday, loads of bees, queens laying...But virtually NO stores, Emergency feeding put in place, OSR honey removed in the spring, just wondering has anybody else been surprised by the lack of honey in the supers and brood box...

I recon due to people's spare income being sweezed so much at the minute the price of a hobby like beekeeping can put people off...

I had a neighbour say he had one of my honey bees in his conservatory...he lives about half a mile away from my hives...sometimes I am lost for words with people who live in the countryside...they have no interest in there surroundings at all...

What's your other two favourite words? Good post made me laugh..