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Five poly hives painted blue and yellow with flowers and some saying 'Andres Bees' have been stolen from within a wood in NE Hants. Not in sight of a path and behind two padlocked gates. :( The hives are two box langstroths by busy bees. Also half a dozen deeps choked with rape...

Does anyone have knowledge of or to a link to an article about the age profile of bees in a swarm? ie - so many percent old foraging bees, % nurse bees on first or early flight - that sort of thing.

Converted a thermos flask to a smoker using a bit of bean can, and some copper tube. Bellows made from ply scrap, a old spring and a bit of leather. Picture in next post.

Has anyone experience of exporting bees / hives to france?

I started with an old national hive when I was about 19, then built my own modifying the beespace. Someone gave me a WBC and with this 'team' pulled about 100Lbs of honey a year from London gardens. A move to the country followed and over the years the apiary grew to 25 hives. Getting...

I stumbled across an image of a brood frame with two vertical central bars with a bee space- wondered if anyone had tried them ? as a virgin poster there is an auto restriction on link posting - so remove spaces and replace dot with a period sign. www dot bbastrodesigns dot com/ Spain2010/...