Bee Equipment Blog

Our Unique 5 Frame Correx Boxes: An R&D success

Our Unique 5 Frame Correx Boxes: An R&D success

The selection of green and black for the Correx nuc box is based on practical considerations derived from Bee-Equipment’s historical research and development (R&D) notes. Bees are inherently attracted to...

Our Unique 5 Frame Correx Boxes: An R&D success

The selection of green and black for the Correx nuc box is based on practical considerations derived from Bee-Equipment’s historical research and development (R&D) notes. Bees are inherently attracted to...

Asian Hornet Alert in Kent by Tony Warren

Asian Hornet Alert in Kent by Tony Warren

Two Thursdays ago and on behalf of KBKA (Kent Beekeepers Association), I attended a meeting hosted by the Dover group, called to discuss their area status and problems. It very...

Asian Hornet Alert in Kent by Tony Warren

Two Thursdays ago and on behalf of KBKA (Kent Beekeepers Association), I attended a meeting hosted by the Dover group, called to discuss their area status and problems. It very...

Why re-queen in September?

Why re-queen in September?

We don’t sell just any mated Queens, we sell the best naturally open mated Queens available. A gentle Bee, producing good quantities of honey and with great low maintenance, over...

Why re-queen in September?

We don’t sell just any mated Queens, we sell the best naturally open mated Queens available. A gentle Bee, producing good quantities of honey and with great low maintenance, over...

July Newsletter

July Newsletter

Now is the time to do your splits and catch the last of the swarms. We have two items in particular that can help you with this... Our correx nuc...

July Newsletter

Now is the time to do your splits and catch the last of the swarms. We have two items in particular that can help you with this... Our correx nuc...

Water Gathering by Tamsin Harris

Water Gathering by Tamsin Harris

When Rain Is not Enough! Even between showers bees are out foraging for water. From later winter right the way through until the nectar starts flowing in earnest, the water...

Water Gathering by Tamsin Harris

When Rain Is not Enough! Even between showers bees are out foraging for water. From later winter right the way through until the nectar starts flowing in earnest, the water...

More Harm Than Good by Tamsin Harris

More Harm Than Good by Tamsin Harris

So here we have a picture of Ribes Sanguineum in full flower that I took here in Cornwall on 7th March. Historically it was thought that when the flowering currant is...

More Harm Than Good by Tamsin Harris

So here we have a picture of Ribes Sanguineum in full flower that I took here in Cornwall on 7th March. Historically it was thought that when the flowering currant is...