- NEW to BEEKEEPING?
Riverhead New Beekeepers 1st Year
Beekeeping [How To Videos] by UoG Honey Bee Research Centre
Medway BKA YouTube Channel [4 short instructional videos]
Inside the Colony – the full story from start to finish.
Collecting a Swarm for the 1st Time
Through lack of demand John Hendrie no longer sells Thornes Beekeeping Equipment at a discount. So for dealing direct click on: Thornes 2021 Catalogue
Click on these local Suppliers of beekeeping equipment:
- Paynes Bee Farm.
- Park Beekeeping Greewich
- Morris Beekeeping Yalding
- Freeman & Harding – Honey Jars
- Beekeeping Supplies are offering members 10% discount on BB Wear
Click on: B J Sherriff for details of their annual discount scheme for those taking beginners beekeeping courses, that run in 2019.
- INFORMATIVE SITES.
Pollen-chart of various plants
- HIVES & EQUIPMENT.
Items to aid beekeeping [courtecy Brian Wood]
Hive Inspections at Sevenoaks Member, Sarah Rapley’s Apiary:
Nucleus Observation Hive Plans
Observation Hive – ‘Setting up’
Open Mesh Floors – ‘How to Build’.
Top Bar Hive – High Speed Action
- PESTS & DISEASES.
Andrew Durham’s Recent Articles on the Asian Hornet, warning that it’s going to get worse.
Click below for his 3 articles:
https://www.bbka.org.uk/branch-and-association-resources
Vanessa-Asian-Hornet-Article-Feb’19
Vanessa Asian Hornet Update Mar’20
Neonicotinoid treatment Sugarbeet Jan 2021
Neonicotinoids letter update 26-1-21
Small Hive Beetle [Fera article]
Varroa treatment without Chemicals [Queen Frame Trapping]
- FEEDING & MEDICATION.
- ENVIRONMENT & PLANTING.
Garden Plants – bees favourites1
Garden Plants – bees favourites2
Garden Plants – bees favourites3
Garden Plants – bees favourites4
Garden Plants – bees favourites5
- QUEEN RELATED TOPICS.
Queen Honeybee Duets Translated
Swarming Predicting – Martin Bentcisk
Queen Cell Procedures [FeraArticle]
Queens – Finding Marking & Clipping
- SWARMS.
Demaree Method of Swarm Control
Swarm_Prevention_By_Demaree_Method
- GENERAL.