Leicestershire & Rutland Bee Keepers Association

Do you have a swarm of Honey bees?

This is what a typical swarm of honey bees may look like. It may be larger or smaller than this, but generally it will appear as an elongated ball of bees. Honey bees have however been known to swarm onto other objects. Honey Bee Bumble Bee Wasp If the nest / swarm looks a bit like a paper ball then it is most likely to be wasps. If the bees are coming from in the ground, then they are likely to be either Bumble Bees or one of the hundreds of other strains of bee If the bees are coming from inside stone or brickwork, then they are possibly masonary bees. For more information regarding honey bee swarming take a look at the following page on wikipedia. Please note LRBKA is not responsible for external web content.

 

2010 LRBKA Public Bee Liaison Contacts   NAME TOWN POSTCODE TELEPHONE Petar Bogunovic Evington LE5 07710 297745 Arthur Rees Gaulby LE7 0116 2596724 or 07970 989582 Simon Skerritt Countesthorpe LE8 0116 278 0477 John Clarke Newbold Verdon LE9 01455 823911. Len Horton Barwell LE9 07860 461978 Andrew Wilde Sapcote LE9 01455 273674 Rob Thomas Botcheston LE9 01455 822138 Simon Morgan Newbold Verdon LE9 01455 824777 or 0775 226 0079 Ena Kirkman Desford LE9 01455 822352 Kyle Veitch Loughborough LE11 0752 7172080 Joe Bradley Sutton Bonnington LE12 01509 673897 or 07749 879530 Phillip Clarke Melton Mowbray LE13 01664 852294 or 07870 109189 George Shepherd Market Overton LE15 01572 767402 Ian Fraser Cold Overton LE15 01664 454518 or 0773 2614756 Kevun Blagg Market Harborough LE16 01858 434345 or  0781 3744263 Sally Lang Husbands Bosworth LE17 01858 880773

If you have any other honey bee related queries please contact the LRBKA secretary at secretary@lrbka.org