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Starting from Scratch
Started by Zoe Buckley. Last reply by Zoe Buckley May 20. 18 Replies 2 Likes
a place for info on starting up, we can collect info on supply shops, people selling nucs, or queens, and mail order sites.…Continue
bee products and remedies.
Started by Zoe Buckley. Last reply by Brian Milne Feb 3. 10 Replies 0 Likes
I know a lot of people use honey on burns, or propolis for a sore throat, I personally use bee venom as pain relief for arthritis...Tell me, does anyone else out there have uses for fruits of the…Continue
Varroa mites..are they all they're hyped up to be.
Started by Zoe Buckley. Last reply by Zoe Buckley Feb 2. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Ok, varroa destructor is a nasty little bug, but, some folks panic about them, some kill half their bee colonies treating them, and others don't treat for them at all.Truth be told, varroa is ever…Continue
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on Friday -
Sally, Welcome. YES, it is possible to get the bees from your chimney living in a hive on your property, for you to look after. All you need is the equipme,t, and know how. What department are you in?? We might be able to steer you in the way of a local keeper who might be able to help.
Otherwise, we can tell you what you'll need, and how to go about it. Are the bees out of reach, though??
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on May 17, 2012 at 21:01
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Welcome Andy!!, the more the merrier.. well, my bees say that anyway!
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on May 17, 2012 at 11:21
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Wow, Brian, no way I'd have managed with one arm, well done.
Then again, as you say, they are addictive, one can find themselves dangling one armed from a tree, shaking a branch into a box, all for the love of the game.
Thanks for sharing your adventure, swarm time is so exciting.
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Comment by Brian Milne on May 16, 2012 at 20:25 -
ADVENTURE TIME!
I have one arm to all intents and purposes, at least the one with the broken shoulder does not do a lot yet. My family went out for the afternoon and evening so of course a really superb swarm turned up on a tree near the trampoline which meant it had to go toute suite anyway.
I struggled into my jacket, got my veil on properly with much effort and then gathered what I needed. I put it all in a wheelbarrow, then move it with one hand? Did it bit by bit, got to the tree and hooked the branch down and built up a box to just below the swarm. How do you use long arm secateurs with one hand? I eventually pressed on handle against my head and pushed bling and eventually cut the branch. At least it dropped perfectly. I trimmed off the little twigs and so on and decided to take box into the doorway of a barn. Pushing the wheelbarrow one handed again I took ages and nearly tipped over several times. For some reason my head made me unload it - why, it could have stayed in the barrow for a day or two - so I did.
I cleared up after myself, got the barrow back where it normally is and put my bee clothes away. I was in a fit state to collapse. Got indoors feeling like death, phone rang and OH asks if everything was alright? OK, I'll say no more... I just think bees (and ferrets actually) are potentially addictive!
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on April 19, 2012 at 20:29
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on April 6, 2012 at 23:26
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on March 26, 2012 at 23:16
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Heading to the Var tomorrow to see the hives, OH says they're looking good, and there are one or two disappointing apiaries, but I'll be able to see for myself from wednesday..I expect to come back with a sting or two, will look great in the hotel, lol;
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on March 13, 2012 at 15:13
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OH is leaving tomorrow for the Var, to prepare the hives for the season, and start seeoing if we can split any to form new colonies. The season will start early, but it will be a dry one, by all accounts.
I saw the warre, looks adorable, lol, I might get an experiment hive going, we're going bio this year, and I've got a plan for the foundation, a friend does it, pours layer by layer wax onto a sheet of greaseproof paper, lets dry, and cuts to size. Bio foundation is proving hard to get, if left too late.
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Comment by Brian Milne on March 13, 2012 at 13:34
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went out to buy stuff today. ironically the perigordine cooperative agricole where I buy is cheaper than ickowitz's online offer. just after we got home the post arrived with this year's thorne's catalogue. they have a french warre hive on offer for £205 and I am in love immediately but too broke to go for even one! my ladies are as happy as can be and now I am training my OH to do bits and pieces so that I can work inside the hives with my one good hand... love spring and this bit, pesky shoulder!
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Comment by Zoe Buckley on March 7, 2012 at 19:46
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Know what you mean, and it is changing, and evolving all the time.... wonderful, and confusing at the same time!
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