Beginners blog Archives - Beverley Beekeepers Association

spotting the unmarked queen and learning to read a frame

During the transfer from nuc to hive, I’d only seen the pink queen. She was marked but the brown queen

Three days after the nucs arrived on the allotment, it was time to transfer the bees to their new homes,

The bees have arrived. Locked in their nuc boxes the previous night, they travelled a couple of miles to their

I’ve met my bees! Two overwintered nucleus colonies are on a friend’s allotment. Booted, suited and masked, alongside keeping social

I bought two flat-pack British Standard hives. How hard could it be? I soon found out that as a novice

Beekeeping is both a solitary and a social activity. While tending hives is often done in isolation, there’s benefits from

You’re never going to make a fashion statement in a bee suit. Practical, rather than smart or classy, they’re essential

Keeping bees is increasingly popular and I’m getting started this year. Over the next few months, this blog will follow