1. 8) Setting Up a Small Apiary
Oxleas Wood Apiary
8) Setting Up a Small Apiary
Essentials

3. Vespa velutina – Asian Hornet

4. Vespa crabro – European Hornet

5. Asian Hornet
European Hornet

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

8. Environmental Protection Act 1990
Nuisance
Environmental Protection Act 1990
S79 Statutory Nuisances
(1)(f) any insects emanating from relevant industrial, trade or business premises and being prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
Recourse: Local Authority issues an Abatement Notice
Defence: Best Practicable Means

9. Swarms - Ownership Circumstances Ownership Reason Colony in Hive You
Your property
Foraging Bees
Bees intend to return to your property (the hive)
Bees in a Swarm
No One
Anyone can follow a swarm
Swarm Collected
Whoever collects the swarm
Whoever has control assumes ownership
Swarm escapes
No one controls the swarm

10. Hazard & Risk Assessment

11. Hives
Choose and stay with one type of Hive

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

13. WBC Hive William Broughton Carr
the WBC is pretty but AWKWARD to manipulate
(and EXPENSIVE)
WBC Hive William Broughton Carr

14. Top Bar Hive

15. You’ll need one of these
or any suitably sized box
Nucleus Hive

16. Protective Equipment Suit Gloves and Gauntlets Boots Full or Half
Fencing Veil
Gloves and Gauntlets
Leather
Boots
Toe Protected

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

18. Bees purchase your first stock from a reliable Bee supplier
DON’T use a feral swarm OR get one from a MATE!
WHY ?
because of risk of introducing disease
. . . and
Truculence!

19. Current Season Nucleus
Three Options:
Packaged Bees
Bees and Queen unrelated
No Wax-Borne Disease
Overwintered Nucleus
Established Queen with Her Own Progeny
Last Year’s Queen
Fast off the Blocks but Risk of Swarming
Current Season Nucleus
Delivery Date Uncertain – Could Miss May Flow
Spread of Disease, Etc Risk

20. Marx Clubs and Societies British Beekeepers Association
Hive Insurance in Subs
Local BBKA Affiliated
Club or Society
London Beekeepers Association
Ruxley and Sidcup
Bromley, etc
Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member!
Marx

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

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

23. Manual or Motorised Radial Extractor Electric Uncapping Knife and Tray
Extraction Equipment
Manual or Motorised Radial Extractor
Settling Tank
Electric Uncapping Knife and Tray
Filters

24. Extraction Equipment
and to remain legal, before bottling the honey one of these
And labelling etc to comply with these
The Honey Regulations 2015

25. Essential Gizmo’s

26. Essential Gizmo’s

27. Essential Gizmo’s
But not one of these!

28. Essential Gizmo’s
Put a CORK in it!

29. Essential Gizmo’s

30. Essential Gizmo’s

31. Essential Gizmo’s

32. Essential Gizmo’s

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

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

35. A serviceable second-hand one will do
Wax Moth Treatment
A serviceable second-hand one will do
Chest Deep Freezer

36. And, finally,
Good Luck!