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Hi All Anything considered preferably on deep brood frames . Cash waiting and can collect. Cheers Matt

Hi All I'm looking to expand and would like any bees, housed preferably on 12x14 frames. Cash waiting and I can pick up. Cheers Matt

Hey All I was just wondering what beeks pastimes/interest/other hobbies are, when not tending to bees; I have two other main interests, one being motorcycles especially older bikes, so if you have one or more languishing in a shed or garage give me a shout. I have three bikes a Honda VTR1000...

hey All Found these dead on the floor outside my hives entrance. What are they ? ( Removed drone brood ?) What do I need to do if anything ? Cheers Matt

Hey All Novice here, armed with a mouse guard and looking dangerous. They do say a little knowledge is dangerous..........:laughing-smiley-004 My current understanding is that, bees can defend against mice entering the hive during the ''active'' season, but once clustered for the winter they...

Hey All With my first beek winter before me, how large is a typical winter cluster ? Tennis ball, rugby ball, soccer ball or other ? Cheers Matt

Hey All I have the following:- A national hive with cedar wood BB & Supers. The roof is gabled and constructed with ply wood roof boards, cedar sides with a metal capping over the roof. The inside of the roof is untreated ply wood. The roof also has two of the plastic cone type ventilation...

Hey All We have three hives located inline, with a space of one metre/one yard between them. Over the weekends inspection, we had all three hives open at the same time between three beeks, suddenly, we asked ourselves, is this good practice ? Your comment would be most welcome...

Hey All Another newbie here. I've completed a day course at Keel Uni this year and have regularly attended the Sunday morning North Staffs BBKA teach ins, got some land, bought two hives and now on the look out for some bees. Nearly forgot I need to build the hives. There's a lot to learn and...