Muriel wrote: "I would like to know how many beekeepers, using the Warre Hives, live in the UK. I am in Somerset" I'm in Gwynedd. I know of no other beekeeper...
Hi all- Frank wrote: "I noticed that you are still in a deep freeze?! Yesterday the thermometer went almost through the roof here! It reached plus 10 degrees C...
This winter's been pretty mild by historical Fairbanks standards. We've had a couple of -40 snaps, but they didn't last more than about a week. Haven't seen...
Well, we did not get what they were predicting. A lot of wind damage, (hope hives are upright?) but the temperature did not fall as they predicted. The whole...
Hi David, do you have a skep knife? If not, why not? If yes, where'd you get it? I can't seem to find one. Have been rereading the 'Peoples Hive pdf.' It's by...
... Warre ... though ... list. ... Hi David & Muriel + everyone else, I live in darkest Lincolnshire and I intend to run a couple of Warre hives this season....
... While we have it bad enough, it sounds some of you have it much much worse. This dry cold is different this winter, better in some ways, but for the bees...
... Generally in favour - yes. Ettamarie from California, who is on the Irish List, has done at least one trip over into the old country, and visited with some...
Max wrote: "I live in darkest Lincolnshire and I intend to run a couple of Warre hives this season." Welcome to the group! Presumably you have a lot of oilseed...
Dav wrote: "Hi David, do you have a skep knife?" No. Dav: "If not, why not?" For taking swarms, I've found that a cardboard box of certain dimensions works...
Hi- David wrote: "However I have done a variant on this with my framed hives many times and have often been surprised to find that both 'halves' produce a...
I got too side tracked with following some of the weblinks on this topic, so I can't really quote who said what. However. Most interesting stuff. I never knew...
David wrote; "Welcome to the group! Presumably you have a lot of oilseed rape (canola) ... hive ... able to ... development ... Thanks for the welcome David....
I don' tseem to be able to reply directly to your posts< Ma, nor cut and paste your words into another thread. Not sure why. You asked on the "Canadian...
... Don't know either, but I am glad this list here isn't so stuck up so we do however we can. Thanks for taking the time to reply, I really do appreciate it....
Hey guys, I have a question. I know why I got into the bees - it was all husband's fault, he wanted them in the beginning, then after a few years moved on to...
My wife totally supports it, in fact, she is the one who makes my hives. :) see http://canariesinacoalmine.blogspot.com/2008/01/all-but-cover.html I hung out...
... Cool. Now, give me a link that shows what this project is going to look like, please? What is this "metpropolis" she's building? I figure it's going to be...
"Metpropolis" is my "pet" name for the Top Bar Hive we're building. The hive construction pictured is pretty much based on Phil Chandler's design at...
John wrote: "One usually makes increase here in May, by buying new queens for the queenless half." Are queens generally bought in from further south? You...
Hi David- You asked: "Are queens generally brought in from father south?" Not from the south, but from southern British Columbia, near the Pacific. This area...
Wes wrote: "The hive construction pictured is pretty much based on Phil Chandler's design at http://biobees.com ." And it is Phil Chandler we thank for...
Thanks...I am glad to be here. I'm a newbie, just beginning, and I've learned much from reading all your discussions and the available pdf files and web links....
Philip Denwood kindly sent me the following URL: http://www.mark-sy.de/index.php?bienenhaltung If you click http://www.mark-sy.de/index.php?meine_beute you...
I enquired in the e-group la-libera-abelo@googlegroups.com about handling rape honey. JC Guex (Switzerland, http://www.apiculture-warre.fr/) is the only...
Hi- ... I agree. Canola is everywhere around here. When you get a cool, rainy spell, or when the nights start to cool down later in summer, you will end up...
... honey from the supers - I know this is very small scale but the same situations arise as those who keep many hives. I would like to know how long it takes...
