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What do I do if a swarm of bees turns up?

If you have a swarm of bees - DON'T PANIC. The first thing to check is if they are honey bees. If they really are honey bees then ring your local beekeepers association. For more details on how to check what you have got and get help see our swarms page.

If you live near to Bridport in Dorset then you can ring us on 01308 423808.

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Running in the swarm
The swarm was pretty big and would have been bigger had not a fair number left in the tree gone back to the original hive. When we dumped them in front of the makeshift accommodation they initially s...[more]

hive entrance   skep   bees   swarm   video clip   
Posted on Monday 28 July 2008 - 12:44:24

Not all sweetness and light
I clearly spoke too soon about hive 3. Maybe because I didn't spend long enough at the hive entrance and jumped to conclusions, but possibly the ladies of the hive are not all sugar and spice! Of cour...[more]

hive entrance   sweetness and light   sugar and spice   drones   wbc   
Posted on Thursday 07 August 2008 - 15:20:16

Swarm safely hived
Amazing or what?!

Seriously, if you've never seen it you really must (unless you're not into bees of course!). We waited until 7pm. the rain was forecast but it was just the wind that was getting up so...[more]

hive entrance   garden fence   welcome ladies   skep   stragglers   
Posted on Saturday 24 May 2008 - 22:14:01

Musings at the hive entrance
One very obvious thing we noticed with the swarm from the New Forest was that there was a lot of noise and haphazard buzzing around.  It took them a few days to gradually settle down and yesterday th...[more]

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Posted on Thursday 15 May 2008 - 17:30:25