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Hi Beeks I've been asked to move a bumble bee nest. I've done my usual piece about they'll die off end of Summer, very placid etc, but unfortunately the owners need access to the area of the garden where the nest is located as they have construction work starting shortly.. Fortunately the...

Hi Beeks I had a call from a concerned home owner that there was a 'honeybee nest' in a wall at the bottom of their garden. When I went for a look he has masonary bees and also nearby what appears to be a type of wasp which looks to be burrowing into soil at the base of the wall. My best...

Hi Beeks Your thoughts/experience appreciated - I've recently set about fumigating five National Brood Chambers and their frames with 80% Acetic Acid. I stacked and sealed the chambers with the frames inside, protected any metal bits and placed the recommended amount of Acetic Acid in a tray...

Well, was just in the process of uncapping the last super of honey when an unmarked Queen popped out. Collected a few workers who'd been buzzing around the room and put them & the Queen in a small container with a few drops of water. Hopefully they'll look after her till I can get back to the...

Hi All For the last couple of years a number of my colonies (on single National brood chambers) have dwindled over the Winter months to an extent that they were going into the Spring build up on no more than two - three frames. I've put this down to the Queens not raising enough brood in the...

Hi Beeks Your thoughts appreciated:- I had a call this morning from a Pest Management company who'd been called to a swarm at a local engineering factory. By the time they had arrived on site the swarm had decided to take up residence in a hollow metal gatepost. Now from the info I'd been...

Hi all Just done an inspection and noticed a number of bees loaded with a dark red pollen. Any ideas on the flower it would be from?

Hi Beeks Do you know of any wheel chair users who are beekeepers? I had a telephone call from someone who is a wheel chair user asking for some general advice about beekeeping as she would like to start keeping bees. I recall from the past that she is a very determined lady and doesn't let...

Hi all Anyone come across this before? A women from my local Council knocked on the door earlier today. As it happened my wife was in, I was doing my normal 9 - 5 job. The lady worked for the Council's Regulatory Services Department and had made a visit to a local butcher's shop who recently...