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Hi Guys thought I would just let you know how this went today. There wasn't much there: few Langstroth hives, bids starting at £40 Each Two Langstroth supers Two stainless steel extractors, one started at £150 can't remember the other ones price. Ten Nucs on National frames, starting bid of £90...

Hi, I caught a swarm late Saturday afternoon and they seem to be working well bringing back pollen. When would you recommend I do the first inspection of them? I was told three weeks so should I just leave them to it and let them settle in? Michael

Hi everyone, I have set out a bait hive and for the last couple of days there have been what look like scout bees investigating it. There have been around 100 bees looking around it and wondered if these are scout bees? Michael

Hi Everyone, thought I would just make a quick post asking what sort of music you all like. :) Mine has got to be Yo Yo Ma, who is an amazing cello player.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY Its really relaxing. :music-smiley-018: Michael

Hi everyone, I was recently given a pile of old Bee Craft and Bee journal books from the 1980s. In one of the books there was an advert for a Skep making kit :smash:, obviously not available now because that was in the 80s but does anyone know where I could purchase a "kit" nowadays????

Has anybody seen this in the news recently??? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-10871240 No wonder I cant find any wasp nest killer in the shops lol Michael

Good Morning, I am going to have a go at using a top bar hive this year and have some questions regarding them. If I was to use a queen excluder in the middle of the hive, so have one half for queen and brood and the other for honey, and made sure the entrance/exit holes were the honey side then...

Evening all, I am looking at buying a jacket with a veil but don't want to pay to much at the moment, has anybody bought/used the £6.66 jacket at the bottom of this page...

Hi, What thickness should the wood be for making a national hive, for the brood box and supers. Michael

Good Evening, When the frames in the supers are ready to have the honey extracted do you just remove them frames and put in new fresh frames or put the old ones back??? Michael bee-smillie

Hi everyone, what sort of hive is this??? It is the three on the right. Michael