Keeping Honey Bees and Swarm Trapping

Keeping Honey Bees and Swarm Trapping

Swarm trapping is another aspect to free bees that entails catching that runaway swarm even when I’m not around and in places I can’t always be. I’ve had my share of experiences where the swarm departed for some unknown destination, and then I’ve wondered about the swarms that come out of bee trees in remote areas where no human being was able to discover them and call me. And what about the swarms that people find but they don’t know who to call? Eventually those swarms will leave for a hollow tree or somebody’s garden shed. How can I get those swarms I don’t even know about?

A quick A-Z bee quiz for you.
Enjoy!

A: A place where hives are kept
B: Prejudice for bees for all ages
C: Greek Bees
D: Boy bees
E: One of the types of foul brood
F: It is the basis of most hives
G: Lavrae’s central nervous system
H: A gel like honey
I: A gentle type of bee
J: Useful for prising things apart
K: A bee virus named after a place in asia
L: A reverend from Philadelphia
M: Type of feeder and frame
N: These bees will make you better
O: This type of honey granulates into a solid VERY quickly
P: Bee glue
Q: Supercedure or emergency are two types
R: the process of honey being stolen
S: caused by Morator aetotulas
T: Sometimes used for treating varroa
U: Joining two colonies together
V: … Destructor
W: Spheksophobia is a fear of these
X: This society advocates on behalf of bees
Y: Privet and hogweed have this colour pollen
Z: The Bristol one has bees

Beekeeping on allotments – a few suggestions

Bees on allotment link

And Ealing Beekeepers are looking for places to put hives! And they have a bees on allotments leaflet to download

Bristol Beekeepers leaflet on beekeeping on allotments

The British Beekeepers’ Association
National Beekeeping Centre, Stoneleigh-park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2LG
leaflet –
Allotments and Beekeeping

Bee Keepers got a sugar ration during the war to enable them to help their bees through winter.

How we won the war is a TV series about different aspects of the war. World War II stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. In south-west England, Jules Hudson discovers how a nation of knitters kept our troops in the fight.

It’s as interesting as the War Time Farm which I believe next week will have a section about bees on it too!

Honey Bee plants

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The Barefoot Beekeeper – fantastic way of beekeeping.
The Barefoot Beekeeper Is A Revolutionary Book About Low-cost, Low-impact, Chemical-free Beekeeping, Showing How It Can Be Made Accessible To All, Including People With Disabilities. Free Hive Building Instructions And Support Forum On Author’s Site.

Start Practical Beekeeping & Discover Honey Bee Secrets
Revealing Beekeeper Secrets Of Creating New Queen Bees, Catching Wild Swarms & Harvesting Honey. Learn About Bee Diseases And Pests, Maintaining Your Apiary And Top Quality Beekeeper Equipment! Find Out About The Bee Family And Splitting Colonies.

Beekeeping Ebook – Swarm Traps And Bait Hives
Want Free Bees? With This E-book, You Can Learn The Old Craft Of Swarm Trapping To Get Bees For Free. The First Swarm A Beekeeper Catches More Than Pays For The Book. It Will Work For Even The Newest Beginner! All Instruction Included!

How To Start Beekeeping
Want To Start Beekeeping? This New Ebook Reveals It All. Start Keeping Bees This Season!

Self-sufficient-life.com
Keeping And Raising Chickens And Poultry. Build A Chicken Coop. Growing Your Own Fruit And Vegetables. Beekeeping (honey Bees). Herbal Remedies, Herbs, Remedy. Hydroponic Gardening, Hydroponics Garden. Building Your Own Greenhouse.

Beekeeping For Beginners
Start Successful Beekeeping With This Step By Step Guide.

Hagley & Stourbridge Beekeepers

Saturday 29 September 9 00 AM The County Honey Show Day 1 The Three Counties Show Ground Malvern Sunday

30 September 9 00 AM The County Honey Show Day 2 The Three Counties Show Ground Malvern Wednesday

10 October 8 00 PM Celia Davis Bee Keeper v Bee New Road Methodist Church Hall Stourbridge

Thursday 25—27 October 1 45PM & then 9AM National Honey Show St George’s College, Weybridge Surrey KT15 2QS

Wednesday 7 November 8 00 PM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING New Road Methodist Church Hall Stourbridge

Wednesday 12 December 8 00 PM The Beekeepers’ Christmas Get Together New Road Methodist Church Hall Stourbridge

More about the honey show:
WORCESTERSHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL HONEY SHOW
To be held at
THE RHS AUTUMN SHOW
THREE COUNTIES SHOWGROUND
MALVERN
On
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
29th and 30th SEPTEMBER 2012
Venue:- Food & Wine – Avon Hall

Kidderminster Beekeepers

Worcestershire Beekeepers’ Association

South Staffs Beekeepers their Apiary is maintained in Shugborough Hall grounds

Bees moving bees. Whilst the bees in question are already out of the hive – they are being moved further away. I’d already watched 2 bees be airlifted up and thrown away from the hive before I went in and fetched the camera. I will be taking my camera out today to see if they’re at it again.

Watch from 1.30 in.
Undertaker bees tidy away the dead bees.

Guide to Bees & Honey: The World’s Best Selling Guide to Beekeeping

This is an in depth book that looks at all aspects of keeping bees.
An essential guide and one recommended by beekeepers.

Bee Pollen Grains 250g

You can buy these – they are supposed to be very good for you!
Bee pollen contains the richest known source of vitamins, minerals, proteins, amino acids, hormones, enzymes and fats, as well as significant quantities of natural antibiotics. Most of the known vitamins in pollen exist in perfect proportion, which further enhances their value.

Enjoy sprinkled on food, in smoothies and yoghurts or with fruit.

My bees – I’ve finally got bees! We now have two hives in the apiary at my allotments.

My bees arrived on Monday evening. On Tuesday I put them in the hive!
They arrived in a correx nuc from a local beekeeper who breeds queens!

I have been reading as much about bees as possible and watching videos. I tried to move the frames as smoothly as possible. They were a little stuck down with propolis though so I had to use my j tool to unstick them either side before moving them in. I kept them in the same order. I had people assisting with smoke although I don’t think they needed much at all. I put the spare comb of stores in – it was too big to fit in the nuc box as there was a lot on the frames. They were quite heavy. The frames were put the same way in the box as they had been in the nuc with the spare comb at the front, and right at the front was a dummy board. I put in 3 spare empty frames and another dummy board and that was that! Lid on – with tray of thymol crystals as recommended by the beekeeper who bought the bees. I’m to leave them for a week to let them settle in and then have a look to see how they’re getting on.
I will then add in some extra frames hopefully filling the brood box next week and then on the inspection after that they should be ready for a super.