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mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 06 12:29 pm Post subject: A reason to bee cheerful...
My new beehive has arrived! It's flat-packed and comes complete with things like hat with veil and smock and an informative little book on beekeeping. I'll be getting the bees some time in May-June. So excited! The housework can wait...

monkey1973

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 683
Location: Bonnie scotland

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 06 12:54 pm Post subject:
I'd like to keep bees but have no idea how to start. Are they a lot of work?

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 06 1:07 pm Post subject:
Aren't you doing a week by week article on this Mochyn

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46233
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 06 1:18 pm Post subject:
umm bees

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 06 1:44 pm Post subject:
ummm bees what very engimatic - even for you Off to do something useful now!

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 06 9:19 pm Post subject:
where did you get your starter pack from? Our local association has someone who makes hives, and I am thinking of getting some from him. They also get group discount from thornes too

Leonie

Joined: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 731
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 06 9:32 pm Post subject:
oooh that is exciting. OH and I are starting a short beekeeping course in just over a week, very much looking forward to it.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 06 10:08 am Post subject:
Brilliant Mochyn, you'll be able to talk me through it when I'm ready in a couple of years

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 06 11:30 am Post subject:
Enjoy your course GJ. We are having great fun on ours. OH and I were talking about the number of hives today, and we have decided the basic minimums we will need to start with so I am going to order it all this week!

Leonie

Joined: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 731
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 06 1:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks Alison

Where are you buying your hives from Alison? Someone at another forum gave me the contact details of a place selling hives quite cheaply, here's the quote:

National hives in the flat (the normal way of getting the standard UK hive - you have to assemble it but it's pretty straightforward) are available from The Apiculture Centre, Lawn Rd, Ashleworth, Gloucester GL19 4SL, tel 07810 476 554, Email [email protected] for �36. Their ad in 'Beecraft' doesn't specify whether they're cedar or pine (I suspect the latter) but it sounds like pretty good value. They've got other equipment at good prices as well.

Just incase you want to check them out before you buy.

Beckyess

Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Posts: 1076
Location: Worcestershire

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 06 2:53 pm Post subject:
Oooooh lucky you. I'd love to keep bees and hope to one day as I'd rather use honey than sugar. Absolutely love honey, that is locally produced not supermarket bought, tastes very different. Becky

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 06 8:30 pm Post subject:
The ones I am getting are cedar. The BKA do not reccommend pine as they need treating, whereas the cedar ones do not.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 06 8:31 pm Post subject:
I have also been keeping an eye on ebay as there seem to be a fair number of bee things on there at any one time

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