Comments on: Welcome

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:09:36 +0000

This is a great photo of bees getting water. I have a similar one somewhere on my hard drive (n0 wasp though). I always watched bees on my pond. In the shallows they would land on algae to get water. I found it very calming to watch the bees come and go.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:16:43 +0000

Vern – You could try something like that if you wanted, but it has been my experience that the honeybees do a pretty good job of regulating hive temperature themselves. I think it would be best to just let the bees take care of the temperature. They know instinctively the ideal hive temperature for their own beehive.

By: Vern Burnie

Vern Burnie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:16:23 +0000

could you use a small solar panel to heat in winter, and a computer fan to cool in winter with a thermostat to control and keep the hive at an optimum level

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:05:20 +0000

Dario – Thank you for your comment! I agree that we must take care of and improve the life of the bees. By doing so, our own lives will improve.

By: Dario

Dario — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:57:57 +0000

I congratulate you on your blog. And I make a call take care of and to improve the life of the bees since they contribute a great value to the human existence for million of yeras, I am a beekeeper born in Argentina, I started to study them at the age of 14 now I am 37. There are aportoda to me a natural form of life. And if some you see by its mind the bees are an example of life to follow to learn of the bees. Thank you very much and good luck.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:05:49 +0000

sarah – Thanks for stopping by! I look forward to reading your site as well.

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:41:51 +0000

great site.. looking forward to reading more..

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:38:28 +0000

beegirl – Thanks alot!

Tim – Thanks for your kind words! I agree that beekeeping is a fabulous hobby.

Thanks for the reference to the book. Here is an Amazon link for it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bees-Bottom-Garden-Alan-Campion/dp/0907908977

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:06:08 +0000

This is the first blog I’ve ever read and, fantasically, it’s about bees! Excellent!

Nicks quite correct; the less you interfere with bees, the better the results. I have two National Hives but am looking to move the bees over to Warres as the concept appears to be far more sustainable, a lot less traumatic for the bees and a lot less time consuming for me. As there is considerably less manipulation (opening of the hive) with a Warre it means the bees are not having the roof taken off their house, and the furniture inside moved around, every week which must surely strss them out.

Therefore, a Warre will be a much better hive to keep in your garden; it’s relaxing to watch the bees, helps the plants, may result in some honey and is a great talking point with friends.

I’d fully recommend beekeeping; it’s a fabulous hobby and costs me a lot less than my dog!

If you have a club, or someone with whom you can team up, then that gives you greater confidence and knowledge. An excellent beginners book is called, “Bees at the Bottom of my Garden”. It’s funny, informative and written in an easy-to-understand way which just encourages you to keep reading

Go for it.

Best wishes,

Tim.

New Forest, Hampshire, England (the little guys across the water!)