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

3. Neighbours & Landlords
Apiary 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 board
honey supers
Queen excluder
brood chamber
mouse guard
mesh floor

6. 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

7. WBC Hive William Broughton Carr
the 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 Half
Fencing 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 supplier
DON’T use a feral swarm OR get one from a MATE!
WHY ?
because of risk of introducing disease

13. Clubs and Societies British Beekeepers Association
Hive 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 Tray
Extraction 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 these
Extraction 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 do
Wax Moth Treatment
A serviceable second-hand one will do
Chest Deep Freezer