UK Bee Keepers

Hi All, The bees are out and their colonies are slowly beginning to expand. The cherry plum and

Hi All, The recent warm spell had the bees flying to the snowdrops here in the East of the country

Hi All, I have added a new member to this group who is near Yeovil in Somerset. He is an experienced

We have several members who reluctantly have to give up beekeeping and are therefore looking for a

Can you help? Once you have a few years beekeeping experience you know just how much is involved and

25 colonies for a beekeeper in the South who wants to expand rapidly - is that you? The hot weather

ARE YOU IN LEEDS AND IN NEED OF A COLONY? HELP NEEDED! I find it a sobering fact that we are now only

Hi All, As the spring flow comes to an end and we move into the June gap before the full summer flow

Hi all, These are the most recent offers for beginners and those wishing to increase their stock

... but possibly for not very much longer There are new offers of help from experienced beekeepers in

Hi all I have more offers of bees to get you started, replace your losses, or expand your numbers. If

We now have beekeeper in:|- LIVERPOOL, YORK, LINCOLNSHIRE, WAKEFIELD, ESSEX, LONDON Offering help

- but some beekeepers have already run out of overwintered nucs. The most recent offers are here.

As the sun shines my list of beekeepers offering to help beginners get started (and the established

It's time to buy. Most parts of the UK have been lucky enough to have some nice warm weather in

Buying you first colony of bees A full colony of bees (Standard National) is 11 brood frames. In

As an 'old' beekeeper who thinks he knows a bit about beekeeping (ha, ha) looking back on

There is not much of 2024 left now and we will soon be celebrating the shortest day of the year. Many

I hope you had a great crop of honey this year and are finding plenty of customers for the results of

Onger Bee Keepers? Barry writes: "Is there anyone near Ongar Essex who can help me with my hives

What do you do when you have built up an apiary over the years - "There are 7 full colonies, 6

My beekeeping teachers (way back last century) were keen to stress that you take off your honey crop

Why is HiveBeat monitoring critical for beehive health? HiveBeat is a remote beehive monitoring and

If you are looking to get started or expand and are near E18, Thaxted, Beckenham, Suffolk then you

Is there a bee keeper near Lyme Regis who could help out? A couple of colonies on National frames

There is nothing quite like getting in touch with an experienced bee when you need one (or need bees!

There is a bee keeper North of Birmingham who has a nuc ready to go as does our man in Edware Our bee

I'm not sure which is the hardest thing to do. Getting started in bee keeping can be quite a

Our experienced bee keepers have had excellent results in rearing new queens and if you are still yet

Setting up a Warre hive is easiest with a swarm of bees - but bees don't swarm to order and when