friends of the bees
This forum is funded by Friends of the Bees. It is free to everyone. If you can afford it, please
make a donation so we can keep it that way. You can become a
Friend of the Bees for as little as £1 per month!
Natural Beekeeping Network
 low-cost, low-impact, sustainable beekeeping for everyone
 Forum FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Bookmark and Share    
RSS feed natural beekeeping forum rss feed
    
2012 UK Natural Beekeeping Classes
Follow us on Twitter  

UK EVENTS
* UK Natural Beekeeping Conference
* Natural beekeeping courses
* The Bee-Friendly Zone
* UK Swarm Catchers Database
* Stop Bee Imports into the UK
* UK advisory info

WORLDWIDE
* Global Beekeeping Calendar
* Worldwide beekeeping links
* Webinars - online training
* Natural Beekeeping online intro course

FREE PLANS
* How to build a top bar hive
* Warre hive plans
home | how to start beekeeping | beekeeping courses | blog | photos | articles | library | bee news | videos | links | contact | podcast | iTunes App | Android APP
beekeeping forum
 Username   Last Updated   Forum Location 
There are 0 Registered users and 1 Hidden user online
.
There are 13 Guest users online
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:09 am   Viewing who is online 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:04 am   Viewing profile 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:07 am   Photo gallery 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:05 am   Viewing profile 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:05 am   Warré, Perone and other vertical top bar hives 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:09 am   Forum index 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:05 am   Forum index 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:07 am   Forum index 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:08 am   Beekeeping books: recommendations and reviews 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:05 am   Beginners start here 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:06 am   Beginners start here 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:08 am   Make Contact: introduce yourself 
 Guest   Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:04 am   Forum index 
This data is based on users active over the past five minutes All times are GMT

Jump to:  

Join the
BeeAlert news list

Occasional natural beekeeping newsletter
(max. 1x monthly)
Please click here to sign up.

"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." R. Buckminster Fuller


Advertise on this site

Resources

Conserving wild bees

Advice from Jessie Jowers of the Bee Guardian Foundation:

All the research suggests that bumble bee boxes have a very low success rate in actually attracting bees into them. We find that if you create an environment where first of all you can attract mice inside, such as a pile of stones, a drystone wall, paving slabs with intentionally made cavities underneath, this will increase the success rate.

Most bumble bee species need a dry space about the size a football, with a narrow entrance tunnel approximately 2cm in diameter and 20 cm long. Most species nest underground along the base of a linear feature such as a hedge or wall. Sites need to be sheltered and out of direct sunlight.

You can buy bumblebee boxes or build them yourself.


THE BAREFOOT BEEKEEPER

buy The Barefoot Beekeeper here as printed book or downloadable PDF file US/CA only

Third edition now available in 9"x6" format (currently USA only, print $15.00; PDF $9.99)

Buy the original larger format printed edition (A4) from Lulu - available worldwide; GB£15.00

Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

Buy it as a downloadable PDF, fully-illustrated, full-colour, printable, instant download with free preview, available worldwide - only US$9.99

Buy Now

You can also order The Barefoot Beekeeper from your local book shop using ISBN 978-1-4092-7114-7.





Barefoot Beekeeper Podcast

 Subscribe in a reader

If the player misbehaves you may need the latest version of Quicktime.

You can listen to previous natural beekeeping podcasts and if you want to listen on your iPod, iPad or iPhone you can install the Barefoot Beekeeper app on iTunes. If you like it, please rate and review it!



Powered by php. BB © 2001, 2005 php. BB Group
home | how to start beekeeping | beekeeping courses | blog | photos | articles | library | bee news | videos | links | contact | podcast | iTunes App | Android APP

Who is Online - Natural Beekeeping Network