Recent content by JoolsChester

@gilberdyke john Thanks very much for your reply! During a very restless night (either imagining or really hearing buzzing), I was looking up honeybee cut outs, and there is a chap in North Wales that has a gallery demonstrating a bunch of cut outs with detailed descriptions of how he has got...

@moggett I think until you first begin speaking to beekeepers, you assume that they are trained/ experienced/ insured to the point of being able to extract bees from anywhere. I have a number of friends in the trade (I have a good friend who is a handyman and another that's a roofer), but I'm...

@kazmcc I shouldn't think so! I'm pretty scared of bees!!! Standing near them suited or otherwise would be a little like taking part in a nightmare for me... #beephobia

@richardbees I have read the four pages of conversation with intrigue! So far all the information I've received has been that I can't get any help. So seeing your responses has at least provided me with hope that there may be other options. Side note, I'm a 'she' :)

So by the sounds of things, I need to take the following steps: - check my house insurance covers insect infestation and related repairs - hope that a beekeeper comes up on this forum who lives in my area and is insured for cut-outs/ visit local BKA and tell them my woes - whether I access the...

Hi all, Hugely grateful for all the replies- I've not spoken to a team of experts before so it's reassuring to know that you're here to provide opinions. For some additional background, it was the council that provided the name of the local beekeeper who collects swarms (and he is advertised...

Hi thenovice, Thanks for your reply! - I'm interested in your response. How would I go about doing that? And why wait until spring?

I have a problem: My roof space has been taken over by honeybees, and I do not have a loft enablingn easy access for extraction. I noticed them last year and after phoning the council, it was suggested I leave the bees to it. The swarm increased in size and I spoke to a local beekeeper who...