An Apiary Guide to Swarm Control by Wally Shaw Honey Without wanting to pre-empt the

Without wanting to pre-empt the main text of this book I believe that because we have relatively mild winters in this country and assume that our bees can cope easily with British winters we feel we have no need of extra protection and in acting on this assumption we ignore or fail to appreciate the many additional advantages to be derived from operating a bee-house

Geoff at one time had as many as 60 hives and worked for 3 years as a seasonal bee inspector for the National Bee Unit

finances or natural resources

a member of the BBKA Examinations Board and a Trustee of the International Bee Research Association

becoming chairman at the age of 23

An Apiary Guide to Swarm Control by Wally Shaw Honey Without wanting to pre-empt theThe title tells it all. This booklet originally published by the Welsh Beekeepers Association is a very sound introduction to swarm control for all small scale beekeepers. There is no doubt that swarm control is simultaneously the most important and most difficult aspect of colony management with which beekeepers have to deal if they chose to do so, of course. Swarming is also the most complex of the many behaviours that have evolved to enable a honey