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INTERNATIONAL * Natural Beekeeping online course UK * Balanced Beekeeping courses * British Black Bee Project * UK Plants database * BEEBASE advisory info BEEHIVE PLANS * Phil Chandler - hTBH * John Vendy - hTBH * David Heaf - Warré * Nick Winters - Warré Garden Hive |
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Thank you for the news. I appreciate all the hard work that Phil does for the bees, the environment, and us. | |
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Any word on when Balanced Beekeeping II will be available?
I have been patiently waiting since last summer for this to come out, I would volunteer to read and provide a provide a peer review if ... |
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This spring during a good flow I put a horse in a small pasture with two top bar hives. I strapped the top to the hive so the horse could not knock it off. The horse ate down all the grass in about ... | |
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Conserving wild beesResearch 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. There is a spectacular display of wild bee hotels here More about bumblebees and solitary bees here Information about the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
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