Recent content by Silver

Hi Marco A ot of very useful information and knowlegable people here on this forum, so ask away! I'm just in Saltdean, not the font of knowlege that you will need, but often over that way so happy to help if I can (y)

Ok thats great and would seem to answer why there are older and younger bees there as well, as the weather is going to be similar for the next week or so, if I see it again I will try that ! Thank you

Hi I noticed some odd behaviour from my bees today, whilst not the greatest of weather down here - today has been a mixture of showers and a little sun. I tend to wander down to the hives on a weekend just to check activity (they are in the garden) and both hives have been very active with a...

Well good on you for trying - we all rely on chemicals to sort our Bees out - and there must be naturally occouring things that can do the same job.

Hi I should have mentioned that the adjacent frames to the main brood box were full of stores.

Hi I got mine from Simon, and was impressed with them - good quality in my opinion but then I am new to this !!

Hi I took some photos when I lost the hive, which are posted below, there are clear signs of varroa which are evident here - but others might spot something else so I would be grateful for comments. The hive was previously active and well, they had plenty of supplies and i had also put a...

Hi I probably overstated the bug free matter as that I realise its probably an impossibility unless they are reared in laboratory conditions, its my expectation that I will probably have a lower likely hood of disease by purchasing from a reputable supplier. I discovered wax moth for example...

Luckily I had removed then but they are still around so ill post some photos when I can, as I would be interested to get more advice.

Hi I have ordered my new bees from Paynes, as I know them to be reputable, however last year there simply wasn't any supplies around at the time I was looking, so when I was offered these fairly local bees I went for it. I dont think it was me that lost them, or lack of knowledge or care I...

Hi No the bees seemed ok, just a bit lost! They had all wings etc and didn't show any signs of varroa, also the hive seemed very healthy so it might just have been that these guys were non productive or at the end of their useful life cycle. As i mentioned it is all new to me, so maybe I am...

I have already read it - great book, but You Tube is also great ! Like anything you need to take a balanced view

Thanks for the replies, its not EFB - definitely Varroas that caused the demise of my former colony - I've ordered my bees from Paynes! and hope ful to get a good bunch, which i'm confident I will. Thanks for the advice though

Hi Im new to beekeeping, I set up my first hive last year after a 28 year permission from the wife wait! I obtained the bees from a local friend, but had a niggle about the quality of them. However they seemed very busy and quite prolific, but I did notice a lot of bees wandering around in the...

Thanks for the replies, we had a nasty experience in France with an Asian Hornet, which seemed to like our barn - the wife fortunately had goggles on when it went for her - between the eyes - it was despatched after quite a few hits I might add. We then discovered a neighbour had an absolutely...