p@rsons_world of Honeybees and Beekeeping...

If you are considering keeping bees, you would be well advised to join a local branch of
the BBKA, where you will find unlimited and enthusiastic advice from fellow beekeepers.
I have now retired from beekeeping, but hope this webpage will prove helpful.

Help with Bee Problems

Members of the public who need advice on swarms should visit the BBKA Swarm page:
» Advice on Swarms. Read it before ringing anyone for help.

If you need to contact a local beekeeper, start with your local Beekeepers' Association.
» Local Beekeeping Associations

Please note that a beekeeper will not usually agree to deal with bees inside a roof or wall.
That is a job for a pest control specialist and possibly a builder.
Beekeepers will not usually be willing to deal with bumblebee nests. Some will.

Bumblebees are not usually a problem as colonies die off naturally at the end of the summer.
» Introducing the 'Tree Bumblebee' Bombus hypnorum by Cliff Hill.

» Guide to Solitary Bees in Britain by The Wildlife Trusts.

» Miner Bees in Your Lawn? by Garden Seeker.

Should you have genuine trouble with feral honeybees, bumblebees or wasps, contact a
professional pest control company. e.g.

» The National Pest Technicians website. Click on your region.
Also, see the Lincoln link at bottom of this page.

The Lincolnshire Beekeepers' Association at the Lincolnshire Show

Lincolnshire Show 19-20 June 2024
» Lincolnshire Show

For information on keeping bees, dealing with swarms, prevention of spray accidents, diagnosis and treatment
of bee diseases and the supply of beekeeping equipment &c. the following links may be useful:

Queen-marking Colour Codes Years ending... » 1 or 5 = White » 2 or 7 = Yellow » 3 or 8 = Red » 4 or 9 = Green » 5 or 0 = Blue

LBKA etc...

• The Lincolnshire Beekeepers' Association has local branches in Boston, Grantham,
  Grimsby, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Market Rasen, Sleaford, North Lincolnshire and Wragby. LBKA website down.

• Regional Bee Inspector: See: NBU Contacts  page on the NBU website.
   
• Thorne Beekeeping Supplies (UK) - is one of the world's foremost beekeeping suppliers.
   
• Richard Watson Frow MBE - died Nov. 29th 1973
  Alan Campion's essay on the Lincolnshire Beekeeper whose "Frow Mixture" recipe,
  so generously given to all beekeepers at no benefit to himself, turned
  the tide of "Isle of Wight" disease, now known as Acarine disease.
  There is an unique archive of Frow's Books and other reference material
  formerly held by the Library of the Riseholme [Lincoln] campus of De
  Montfort University and now in the care of Thorne Beekeeping Supplies (UK) at Rand.
   

Useful links...

•   The LBKA is an Area Association of the British Beekeepers' Association
•   The BBKA website has lots of useful information including a search for your local BK Association contact.
•   It also has a section on how to get help or advice if you find a swarm of bees and do not know what to do.
•   BBKA Beekeeping courses for beginners.
   
• 6 Things you didn't know about Queen Bees - Read on to find out more about this all-important bee.
   
• Principles of Honeybee Genetics - Some of the various genetic mechanisms at work in honeybees.
   
• The International Bee Research Association
  An excellent beekeeping website with world wide links.
   
• The NBU Database BeeBase, with contacts and useful information for beekeepers.
   
• Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association
  BIBBA's aims are 'the conservation, restoration, study, selection and improvement
  of our native and near native honeybees of Britain and Ireland'.
   
• Bees for Development - promoting sustainable beekeeping amongst those who share our enthusiasm.
  A good organisation worth supporting.
   
• What's in flower month by month - London Beekeepers Association. Very useful.
   
• Pollen Identification Chart On Sheffield Beekeepers' website. Excellent!
   

Other really useful contacts...

• Northern Bee Books - claim to have the largest stock of new and second hand apicultural books in the English speaking world.
   
• NBS - Comprehensive beekeeping suppliers.
   
• Sherriff International - The ultimate Bee-suit people!
   
• The Bee Centre [was Lancashire Honey & Northwest Bees] All sorts of useful Bee information.
   
• The Bumblebee Conservation Trust - for information on Bumblebees, including information about the Tree Bumblebee.
   
• BWARS - Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society - the scientists identifying and mapping our Bees, Wasps and Ants.
   

Bees down your chimney?

If all else fails contact Lincoln & District Pest Control Services who specialise in such problems.

The National Pest Technicians website and click on your region.

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