Dear Paul,
10 hives to fill in the community beekeeping project please!
My home hove (WBC with Golden Ratio frames) is romping away.
No more lifting heavy boxes!
The secret, I learned (late in the piece), from Matt Somerville is to use deep
Dadant frames turned on their side with simply a long wooden bar screwed in on
top to give lugs to sit on the top box.
Cheers
E
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From: oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of Gary peacock <eynshamcaveman@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 18 April 2021 17:55
To: oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [oxnatbees] Re: Swarms wanted, anyone?
Hi Paul
Hope all is well
I had 2 small colonies that refused to eat winter feed exactly the same food as
previous yrs if needed.
07799606041 /01865 882613
Eynsham village surrounding villages to include Witney etc have a car and some
travel nucs etc.
Gary Peacock
Kind regards
Gary
On 18 Apr 2021, at 15:53, Oxnatbees <oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Karen's right, who wants swarms?
Please let me know -
Name
Rough location (eg Wolvercote / postcode)
How many wanted
If you have NO BEES (we prioritise these)
Phone number(s)
I'll compile a list and circulate it. Note this reveals some personal info.
The system we use is - if someone has a spare swarm, we try to home it near
its origin.
Sometimes the recipient has to collect it themselves.
We sometimes charge £15 or £30 if there was a lot of bother collecting /
delivering it (some folk have no cars)
Paul
