1 8) Setting Up a Small ApiaryOxleas Wood Apiary 8) Setting Up a Small Apiary Essentials

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3 Neighbours & LandlordsApiary Site Site Suitability Allotments Community Gardens Other Users Neighbours & Landlords Borough and Rules No Pets or Insects Swarming Nuisance Road Traffic ‘Nearby’ Hazards Farming and Garden Sprays ‘Nearby’ Influences Intense Crops – Rape Seed Jam Factory etc

4 Hazard & Risk Assessment

5 Hives Choose and stay with one type of Hive roof cover boardhoney supers Queen excluder brood chamber mouse guard mesh floor

6 British (modified) National Hivethe National is as good as any And you don’t need the Gizmos and make sure it’s in CEDAR British (modified) National Hive

7 WBC Hive William Broughton Carrthe WBC is pretty but AWKWARD to manipulate (and EXPENSIVE) WBC Hive William Broughton Carr

8 Top Bar Hive

9 Nucleus Hive

10 Protective Equipment Suit Gloves and Gauntlets Boots Full or HalfFencing Veil Gloves and Gauntlets Leather Boots Toe Protected

11 Bees Best start off with a mild-tempered bee, say a Buckfast – avoid frequent swarmers like Carnica

12 Bees purchase your first stock from a reliable Bee supplierDON’T use a feral swarm OR get one from a MATE! WHY ? because of risk of introducing disease

13 Clubs and Societies British Beekeepers AssociationHive Insurance in Subs Local BBKA Affiliated Club or Society London Beekeepers Association Ruxley and Sidcup Bromley, etc

14 FERA Registration FERA ?NOT mandatory but worthwhile registering with FERA What’s FERA ? Government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) Incoporates Food & Environment Health Agency (FERA)

15 It’s a bit more paperwork but worthwhile And a FERA inspector will burn your hives if diseased

16 Manual or Motorised Radial Extractor Electric Uncapping Knife and TrayExtraction Equipment Manual or Motorised Radial Extractor Settling Tank Electric Uncapping Knife and Tray Filters

17 and to remain legal, before bottling the honey one of theseExtraction Equipment and to remain legal, before bottling the honey one of these

18 Essential Gizmo’s

19 Essential Gizmo’s

20 Essential Gizmo’s

21 Essential Gizmo’s

22 Essential Gizmo’s

23 Essential Gizmo’s

24 Essential Gizmo’s

25 And you’ll need to protect and store your spare hives and equipment over the winter months

26 Overwintering Store Not as easy as you think! Bee-Tight Shed

27 A serviceable second-hand one will doWax Moth Treatment A serviceable second-hand one will do Chest Deep Freezer