Beekeeping Car Boot Sale

[Pete D]

Details here http://www.wnklba.co.uk/

Few of the bits and pieces dropped off today for tomorrows beekeeping car boot sale. Full hives, mesh floor, brood, qe, 2 x supers, crown board & roof, £60 each or 2 for £110. Swarm lure hives, old but very usable, 2 for £30. Roofs £12 each, floors £10 each. Brood boxes £8, Supers £4. Very good supers £8. Also new frames, new foundation. Couple of honey extractors, wax steamer, 2 x warming cabinets..........etc.

 

[misterbee82]

Very reasonable, too bad I live across the pond.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

that's a matter of opinion.

 

[Robbo8916]

that's a matter of opinion.

 

[BeeJayBee]

It does look good, I wish our association's used equipment sale had a quarter as much on offer.

 

[Pete D]

Good couple of hours on a Sunday morning. About 15 'car boots' selling all sorts of beekeeping stuff. Several people had put odd bits in and shared a stall.
Plenty of bargains to be had, all bits and pieces that you think I need that and a few years later have never used. I got 4 unused Apideas for £20, a top quality bee suit for a tenner, 10 pairs unused 10 space castellations for £8, 15lb of beeswax for £20 and a copper smoker for a fiver amongst my purchases.
Hives for sale, top price was £60 or 2 for £110, supers down to £2 each at the end, nice observation hive £50, boxes of jars £20, nucs of bees £120,loads of stuff, loads of people and loads of bee talk over free coffee and cake, and the sun was out !

Much more friendlier and less intimidating than an auction.

Same next year, Sunday of the first bank holiday in May.

 

[alldigging]

It sounds lots of fun.

Does anywhere else do anything similar?
There's not a comprehensive list of bee auctions is there?

 

[charlievictorbravo]

At any beekeeping do, you can always rely on there being cake to eat!

CVB

 

[BeeJayBee]

There's not a comprehensive list of bee auctions is there?

Not really, but Beecraft lists the ones the associations tell them about. http://www.bee-craft.com/beekeeping-buzz/events/

 

[alldigging]

Not really, but Beecraft lists the ones the associations tell them about. http://www.bee-craft.com/beekeeping-buzz/events/

Thanks - I think Beverley was the nearest one to us.