buying bees

A beginner's foray into acquiring bees

Honey bees bringing in pollen and other bees fanning at hive entrance

March is almost upon as and we're five weeks into our beekeeping course having covered swarm control last week. No doubt about it, our bees will want to swarm instinctively as it's their nature to do so, but we can look out for the signs and manage rather than watch the queen and half our bees leave and then have to go and collect.