trapperman 474 Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 and for a mesh floor just used some green house shading plastic, but i will have to knock up a solid floor to slide in for cold weather Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BULLDOUG 199 Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 BEEN KEEPING BEES A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND JUST JARED 16LB OF HONEY TODAY, NOT MUCH I KNOW BUT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON, IM GOING INTO THE WINTER WITH 5 HIVES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 585 Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 BEEN KEEPING BEES A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND JUST JARED 16LB OF HONEY TODAY, NOT MUCH I KNOW BUT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON, IM GOING INTO THE WINTER WITH 5 HIVES How many jars did that fill? Have you tasted it and will you use it yourself or give it away or sell it? Well done and good luck with your bees. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 585 Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Does any one feel it would be dangerous to keep a hive in a garden in a town? Do the bees bother much or just get on with their own business if you don't go too close? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BULLDOUG 199 Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 BEEN KEEPING BEES A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND JUST JARED 16LB OF HONEY TODAY, NOT MUCH I KNOW BUT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON, IM GOING INTO THE WINTER WITH 5 HIVES How many jars did that fill? Have you tasted it and will you use it yourself or give it away or sell it? Well done and good luck with your bees. Only 16 jars mate, it tastes out of this world (lime honey) i will make sure myself and my family have our honey for this year and hope to pull in a couple of hundred lb next year as well as breeding some bees. if i can help you in any way just ask mate, im new to the art but have a lot of time to talk bees. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BULLDOUG 199 Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 BEEN KEEPING BEES A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND JUST JARED 16LB OF HONEY TODAY, NOT MUCH I KNOW BUT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON, IM GOING INTO THE WINTER WITH 5 HIVES How many jars did that fill? Have you tasted it and will you use it yourself or give it away or sell it? Well done and good luck with your bees. Only 16 jars mate, it tastes out of this world (lime honey) i will make sure myself and my family have our honey for this year and hope to pull in a couple of hundred lb next year as well as breeding some bees. if i can help you in any way just ask mate, im new to the art but have a lot of time to talk bees. i put a 7ft brush screne fence around my hives so as to insure the flight path is above human height. they shit for the first 25 yards so we dont have any probs at the moment, apart from the odd kamakasy bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 585 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 BEEN KEEPING BEES A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND JUST JARED 16LB OF HONEY TODAY, NOT MUCH I KNOW BUT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON, IM GOING INTO THE WINTER WITH 5 HIVES How many jars did that fill? Have you tasted it and will you use it yourself or give it away or sell it? Well done and good luck with your bees. Only 16 jars mate, it tastes out of this world (lime honey) i will make sure myself and my family have our honey for this year and hope to pull in a couple of hundred lb next year as well as breeding some bees. if i can help you in any way just ask mate, im new to the art but have a lot of time to talk bees. i put a 7ft brush screne fence around my hives so as to insure the flight path is above human height. they shit for the first 25 yards so we dont have any probs at the moment, apart from the odd kamakasy bee That's really interesting. A girl I work with has just had her first season with a hive, I love hearing about the progress. She does have a fruit and veg patch and feels the bees are a good natural addition to it, looking forward to sampling the honey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiny 7 1,694 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Great Little Topic....!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollands hope 1,024 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Does any one feel it would be dangerous to keep a hive in a garden in a town? Do the bees bother much or just get on with their own business if you don't go too close? Sure you can keep bees in your garden, few things though make sure when youre bees are leaving theire hive theire flightway is blocked by a fence or lattice work 6 or 7 foot high ,second thing is the bees you keep (strain)Carnolian or Buckfast are gentle bees and easy to handle or a F1 cross of these strains ,i wouldnt start with black bees as in most cases there more aggressive (hybridasation) .Good luck in your efforts . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 585 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Does any one feel it would be dangerous to keep a hive in a garden in a town? Do the bees bother much or just get on with their own business if you don't go too close? Sure you can keep bees in your garden, few things though make sure when youre bees are leaving theire hive theire flightway is blocked by a fence or lattice work 6 or 7 foot high ,second thing is the bees you keep (strain)Carnolian or Buckfast are gentle bees and easy to handle or a F1 cross of these strains ,i wouldnt start with black bees as in most cases there more aggressive (hybridasation) .Good luck in you efforts . Oh good. Why do you have to have a high fence in the flightway please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollands hope 1,024 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Does any one feel it would be dangerous to keep a hive in a garden in a town? Do the bees bother much or just get on with their own business if you don't go too close? Sure you can keep bees in your garden, few things though make sure when youre bees are leaving theire hive theire flightway is blocked by a fence or lattice work 6 or 7 foot high ,second thing is the bees you keep (strain)Carnolian or Buckfast are gentle bees and easy to handle or a F1 cross of these strains ,i wouldnt start with black bees as in most cases there more aggressive (hybridasation) .Good luck in you efforts . Oh good. Why do you have to have a high fence in the flightway please? What i ment to say is if they leave theire hive and and facing a six or seven foot obstikel they are forced to fly up into the sky and cause no trouble to your neighbors, this is required in Holland for keeping bees in towns ( City Council legislation) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 585 Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 Does any one feel it would be dangerous to keep a hive in a garden in a town? Do the bees bother much or just get on with their own business if you don't go too close? Sure you can keep bees in your garden, few things though make sure when youre bees are leaving theire hive theire flightway is blocked by a fence or lattice work 6 or 7 foot high ,second thing is the bees you keep (strain)Carnolian or Buckfast are gentle bees and easy to handle or a F1 cross of these strains ,i wouldnt start with black bees as in most cases there more aggressive (hybridasation) .Good luck in you efforts . Oh good. Why do you have to have a high fence in the flightway please? What i ment to say is if they leave theire hive and and facing a six or seven foot obstikel they are forced to fly up into the sky and cause no trouble to your neighbors, this is required in Holland for keeping bees in towns ( City Council legislation) Oh I see, that makes sense. Up, up and away safely! Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Keswick 119 Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Trapperman, how are you getting on with your bees? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trapperman 474 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Trapperman, how are you getting on with your bees? All going well John i have done apiguard, queen went off laying in the middle of treatment but at the end of 4 weeks she had relayed 5 frames of brood, so hopefully will have lots of bees for winter, started feeding on saturday and had some funny yellow streaks on the front of the hive i thought this was pollen but some on the beekeeping forum think it maybe the shits so i have ordered some nosema treatment just to be on the safe side. how yours doing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Keswick 119 Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Ive been feeding for the last week, two hives very strong, no problems there. Both will winter with a full super and plenty of stores in the brood area and i havent treated for varoa at all, i havent even seen any mites in the last month, very strange. 3rd hive was a later swarm and has taken a long time to really get going, no time to add a super now, so maybe i will just narrow down the brood area with some boards and feed as much as they will take. Streaks on the front of hive? Sounds like the trots... whack some treatment into them as fast as you can, hope you still have space for them to store some treated syrup? Its always awkward to second guess the weather, but it wouldnt suprise me if winter comes in like a meteor this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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