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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Norman Bees on June 23, 2013, 10:55:38 pm

Title: Hello from Neath
Post by: Norman Bees on June 23, 2013, 10:55:38 pm

Hi ~ I've just completed my bee keeping course and finished assembling my bee hive.  Good to find this site ~ thanks Taran.

Norman

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: cloddopper on June 23, 2013, 11:09:42 pm

Welcome to the TAS Norman .
All you need is bees that will fly at less than 10 oC  and some flowers with pollen and nectar.

I'm to the left of you at the West End of the M4  . We have loads of buttercups, a few dandelions  and a few flowers in the garden that are being eagerly attended by bumblebees and solitary bees but we've not see a single honey bee since the warm four days in early May .

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Wee Eck on June 23, 2013, 11:11:22 pm

Hi There  :wave:

     I live in Lennoxtown which is north of Glasgow. I have only been a member of this forum for a few weeks but really like it

                         Eck  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 23, 2013, 11:20:56 pm

 :wave: Welcome from equally chilly Shropshire.

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Beewyched on June 23, 2013, 11:34:20 pm

Hi & welcome  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Rosemary on June 24, 2013, 07:45:54 am

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie :wave:

We have bees - sometimes two hives sometimes one  ::)

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Bionic on June 24, 2013, 09:09:22 am

Hi Norman and welcome from Carmarthenshire  :wave:
We had bees but lost them a few weeks ago. We have just had news of a nuc to buy so think we will be get some more soon
 
Hmmm, no bee or hive icon ?

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Beewyched on June 24, 2013, 11:38:04 am

Oh yes there is -  :bee:    ;)
 

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Norman Bees on June 25, 2013, 04:36:42 pm

Thanks for the welcome people :o)

We've got loads of various flowers etc., in the garden and they attract absolutely hundreds of bees, at this moment there around 70-80 working away out there.

Regards.

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Norman Bees on June 30, 2013, 12:24:56 pm

Collected my nuc yesterday and introduced the bees to my hive ~ all seem happy so far :o)

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: Bionic on June 30, 2013, 02:20:09 pm

Norman we collected 2 nucs on Thursday. They were looking very active today so far so good  :fc:

Title: Re: Hello from Neath
Post by: philcaegrug on June 30, 2013, 09:37:26 pm

Hi from Ammanford  :wave: There seems to be an abundance of honey bees around here this year  :thumbsup:. Maybe things are looking up after a very poor 2012  :fc: