Keeping bees amongst the trees

[slim reaper]

Ive been a beekeeper for over 30 years but have given up this year after getting gradually worsening reaction to venom.

We had a saying that bees in a wood don't do any good. my best producing hives had sun for most of the day but I guess one has to site them where one has space.

[RDB logs]

Picked up 2 swarms today and I think the bait hive has worked! free bees, rapidly running out of kit!

[Inoff the Red]

Are you National and is it amongst the trees? Cheers

 

 

Mine are in nationals but i am now using brood and a half or double brood boxes.

 

My apiary backs onto a row of trees but faces south.

[aitch]

Picked up 2 swarms today and I think the bait hive has worked! free bees, rapidly running out of kit!

 

Lost a swarm today are you in West Yorkshire!

[RDB logs]

Lost a swarm today are you in West Yorkshire!

 

No I'm in dorset,

 

Picked up total 5 swarms, lost 1, now out of hives, could be an expensive week end!

[David Humphries]

neighbour had a swarm in her laburnum this afternoon.

 

 

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[RDB logs]

He must be a posh bee keeper, he has a proper skep! I only have a cardboard box!! It's ok as long as I remember the tape to close the top properly otherwise I have to use my coat:lol:

 

Took off 90 lb of honey the other day

 

We should start a bee keeping thread

[Inoff the Red]

We should start a bee keeping thread

 

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[David Humphries]

.......We should start a bee keeping thread

 

:thumbup1:

 

 

fair few Bee related threads knocking about already, here's the results of a 'search'.......

 

Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists - Search Results

 

We could perhaps set a sticky thread in the ecology section?

 

But it should have a vague 'tree' slant to it as there's loads of web bee resources out there already.

 

 

 

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[SteveA]

Good to see bees swarming and from what I've learnt is a good way to help keep the colony healthy.

 

Here's a top cover cloth I've made for the warre (needs cutting into 4). It's a hessian sack painted with a flour paste to stiffen it up, the bees plug or unplug the holes with propolis so they can control ventilation levels.