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- Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:15 pm
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
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Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
Fab article. I enjoyed reading it and have visited your website and bookmarked it for future reference. Thanks. We aim to please! I have to be honest and say I hadn't worried about cost of equipment, moving heavy boxes etc because I'm still in the idyllic daydream stage of beekeeping! Many people d...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:57 pm
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
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Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
An old hive - so long as it is clean and disease-free - makes an excellent swarm-baiting device, as it already has the right smells. If you can, set it up in a fairly sunny spot (but preferably not in sun all day) and raise it off the ground - ideally by several feet. If bees are not already swarmin...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:20 pm
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
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Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
.....how does one "bait" a swarm though? Presumably if we do decide on getting the inhabited hive, OH would have to wear protective gear? And what should we cover the hive with whilst it is in transit by vehicle - can't help thinking that a car full of bees is a BAD idea!!! TIA Clara To m...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:53 am
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
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Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
We're on the verge of getting our hive.....but i have a question (possibly a very dumb one!) about logistics - how does one move a hive full of bees? in our case we have not only 25km of winding mountain roads to negotiate, but also a 1km foot path (some of which is navigable by wheelbarrow, some p...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:45 pm
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
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Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
Full building instructions and everything else you need are here http://www.biobees.com
Beekeepers wear white because the bees seem less liable to sting light colours than dark. You may discover this yourself if you wear your blue jeans when inspecting a hive!
Beekeepers wear white because the bees seem less liable to sting light colours than dark. You may discover this yourself if you wear your blue jeans when inspecting a hive!
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:28 am
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Bee keeping
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6678
Re: Bee keeping
The weather has had a detrimental effect, for sure - and I think this habit many beekeepers have of suppressing or culling drones is also bad news for queen mating.
Let's hope this season works out better than the last two!
Let's hope this season works out better than the last two!
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:32 pm
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 42585
Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
As i have lots of bees visiting my garden any way would the neighbours even notice? Probably not - most people cannot tell a bee from a wasp, unless they are gardeners (and sometimes even then). However, if word got out (someone sees you dressed in a hat and veil) you will get the blame for any sti...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Bee keeping
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6678
Re: Bee keeping
Because I'd rather have 'happy' bees and take far less honey, he thinks I'm an inadequate beekeeper. So who cares. I'm happy, my bees are happy (I think), and my fruit trees get polinated and drip with fruit. :flower: ww. Yours is the kind of beekeeping I want to encourage, for sure. Unfortunately,...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:45 am
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 42585
Re: Thinking about keeping bees?
Photos and videos - see http://www.biobees.com/media.php and http://www.biobees.com/photos.php
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:09 am
- Forum: Livestock
- Topic: Bee keeping
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6678
Re: Bee keeping
Joining a local bee keepers association is a good idea - if you bear in mind that they will almost certainly all be using conventional equipment and methods, which *some* people believe are part of the problem...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:55 am
- Forum: Author-ish Photographer- ish - Write or take photos for Selfsufficientish
- Topic: Thinking about keeping bees?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 42585
Thinking about keeping bees?
Whether you approach it from the point of view of conservation, entomology, crop pollination or simply a love of honey, beekeeping is an engaging pursuit and a fascinating window on the natural world. So what does it take to become a beekeeper? The essentials are simple enough: some sort of hive, a ...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:03 pm
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Hello from South Devon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2682
Re: Hello from South Devon
Thanks Looby - last time I saw you, you were wearing pyjamas! (or was that Andy Pandy...?)
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:53 am
- Forum: Welcome New People Say Hello
- Topic: Hello from South Devon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2682
Hello from South Devon
Hello everybody - nice site! My mission is to encourage low-impact beekeeping as a way to restore the feral stock - and for people to have their own honey at minimum cost to them, the bees and the environment. I'm happy to see so many people here interested in growing your own food - and I hope some...