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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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new brood

Good timing?
There are a lot of young bees taking play flights out of hive 3 this afternoon.  It really is very busy.  These are the first of the new brood from this swarm from the New Forest.  The queen has be...[more]

new brood   population explosion   summer flow   bramble   new forest   
Posted on Thursday 05 June 2008 - 15:22:13

Shook Swarm
So that's how it's done!

Just got back from the monthly beekeeping meeting at the WDBKA - great that they have a training apiary - and one of the hives which had been diseased had to have all the comb ...[more]

new brood   apiary   positon   sugar syrup   hives   
Posted on Saturday 05 April 2008 - 18:08:34

All shook up
What a beautiful sunny weekend.  Even Saturday's expected rain didn't appear - or was over by the time we got up!

Saturday's association apiary meeting got us focussed and on Sunday, all of our hives ...[more]

new brood   kitchen cupboards   pin holes   varroa   sunny weekend   
Posted on Sunday 05 April 2009 - 19:49:53

A hive of activity
Time to act with our final two colonies to get the varroa in check. 

We had wondered if hive one might handle it on its own as the sugaring really had proved effective but the varroa count was still h...[more]

new brood   varroa   hive five   activity time   old colony   
Posted on Sunday 19 April 2009 - 20:29:58

Hiving the Nucleus
Sally firing up the smoker Like all good beekeepers should we planned it well and talked over exactly what we were going to do before acting - still forgot the bee brush which would have been so useful mind!

We got together thr...[more]

hive tools   new brood   first colony   beekeepers   bottom frame   
Posted on Monday 28 April 2008 - 22:11:58