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Next ONBG Meeting
Saturday 9th September, Steeple Aston – Warres, TBHs, feral colonies and preparation for winter
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Recent Blog Posts
- Lore of the Honey Bee July 30, 2017
- ONBG meeting, 15th July 2017 – a rooftop apiary July 24, 2017
- OxNatBees exhibit at RSA Motivate July 14, 2017
- ‘Inspecting’ your bees – the low-intervention way July 5, 2017
- Neonicotinoids implicated again June 29, 2017
- Summer starvation warning June 17, 2017
- ONBG meeting, 13th May 2017 – swarms and exotic hives June 7, 2017
- Bees in trees May 29, 2017
- The ‘other’ bees: Steven Falk workshop May 22, 2017
- Cob beehive – an experimental top-bar hive adaption May 5, 2017
- Adapting to foundationless frames in a National hive May 2, 2017
- The Bee Meeting: North Tawton and South Leigh April 8, 2017
- ONBG meeting, 1st April 2017 – an emergency cut-out April 4, 2017
- Spreading the Bee Buzz #11 – Starting Beekeeping March 29, 2017
- Two swarms in the same hive: an update March 22, 2017
- ONBG meeting, 12 March 2017 March 14, 2017
- Beginners start here March 2, 2017
- Angry bees February 16, 2017
- Winter forage February 8, 2017
- Calm bees February 5, 2017
Tag Archives: Photos
Witney revisited- our first unassisted swarm capture and our third colony.
Harry and I returned to the swarm site in Witney and this time they were there. They had revisited the their bush and were huddling around a very thick branch. We eventually managed to saw the branch off and place … Continue reading
Community spirit
On Monday, we had a top bar nuc of bees to give away. Reason being, after splitting one TBH (which as Sue found did not prevent swarming but no matter, plenty left), we perforce ended up with one sub-colony using … Continue reading
Photos of swarm collecting
Trying to put my photos for this previous post on the site, there are seven photos – hope you like them! Helen
Meeting 19th May
The chilly easterly subsided and hives were opened! Having prepared both icing sugar and smoker it was wonderful to find that the bees were well tempered and all that was needed was gentle handling. I moved a colony from a … Continue reading
Bearding or Massive clearance sale on drones?
A week on from the hive split and I noticed a lot of bees on the outside of the hive I split. See how the other hive, in the background of this picture, has no “beard” outside the entrance? If … Continue reading
Splitting a TBH
In my area, there have been fairly constant showers recently and poor forage opportunities, so swarming preparations seem to have been a little delayed this year for my hives. But both my TBH’s are bursting with bees and last weekend … Continue reading
OBKA visit to Top Bar apiary
I mentioned in a previous post that our local branch of the BBKA, the Oxfordshire Bee Keeping Association, were planning to visit our apiary (that’s two hives in a modest garden). Lo, it has come to pass, and here is … Continue reading
