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Due to an increasing problem with sensitivity to bee stings I shall have 3 colonies for sale in around 1 -2 weeks time. All in cedar National hives with mesh floors, supers etc. There will also be equipment such as extractor, heating cabinet (home made), clearing boards, feeders etc...

Certainly better safe than sorry, my mentor has advised with very swarmy bees you will need to repeat the demaree process several times throughout the swarming season. I'll be interested to compare notes over the next few weeks and see how well this method copes with the Carnolian stock...

I carried a demaree yesterday on one of my colonies also with a Carnolian Queen which had swarmed several times last summer. This year I decided to be proactive and under advice from a beekeeper who uses the demaree method, it was carried BEFORE any QCs were seen. I'm not sure that the...

Yes, this is essentially what I have done except that I didn't wait for QC's to appear as I was advised by a local practitioner of the method that it was best to carry out the Demaree before the bees show signs of swarming. The main difficulty up here is the unpredictable weather may interfere...

I started beekeeping in July 2008 with 2 Nucs from Mike Roberts, each headed by a Carnolian Queen. All went well initially and the colonies increased sufficiently to get through the winter. The early 2009 spring build up started early (for Aberdeenshire!!) but in early May both hives swarmed...

It certainly is Meikle Wartle - do you know it? RS

In Defence 0f Mike As a newcomer both to beekeeping and to the forum I have found this thread of particular interest. I started out trying to get hold of bees last June, I live in Aberdeenshire and I could not find any bees for sale anywhere in Scotland. Trawling the internet I found Mike's...

Many thanks - I'll go have a look

A newcomer to beekeeping - I would be grateful for a recipe for making up artificial pollen plus any drawbacks in using it.