Hi all,
we're new beekeepers this year too, we bought our hive and nuc with our wedding present money, Rob ahs done a beginners beekeeping course at our local bka.
they certainly are fascinating creatures, can sit for hours just watching them go in and out and when you open the hive its quite magical to see them all about their business.
been stung twice, only very mild reactions so far.
we had a little dig with a spoon into a couple of our supers and the honey is gorgeous,
got our apiguard treatment on now and started feeding them some sugar syrup so they can start filling the brood box with stores for the winter.
isn't it nerve wracking wondering if they'll survive the winter...... we're doing all we can to ensure they do
we've got our hive on our allotment and had to ask permission from the parish council, which we got, then someone phoned them up after we got them and said they weren't happy about it because they're dog is allergic to bee stings. not sure what they do to protect the dog from wild bumble bees and wasps etc,
never mind, things goind well so far