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Hi all,

Swarm season where I am runs from September - December. After reading McCartney Taylor's excellent book Swarm Traps and Bait Hives I decided to put out some traps in my backyard.

This...

If you do a search for "Prince William Beekeeping Vimeo" you should get to see a few videos that tackle this issue. Michael Palmer does a two part one about nucs.

I kinda got into beekeeping with the same philosophy. I started a TBH just so I'd have bees around to pollinate my garden, give me the pleasure of watching them and to get a little honey.

Three...

That sounds like a great idea - I might try that next winter...

Hi all,

I'm Paul and I live in Wollongong, (which is just south of Sydney) in NSW Australia.

I've been keeping bees for 3 years (two full seasons). I first got into it through reading "The...

We have lots of SHB around here and trust me - there's at least 9 or 10 you don't see for every one that you do.

The nurse bees are usually assigned the duty of rounding up and corralling these...