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Re: Skeps ~ considering making one
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2018, 08:58:38 pm »
Watch sections 3 and 4 and it explains the swarm increase process used in skep beekeeping.
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Re: Skeps ~ considering making one
« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2018, 02:05:27 pm »
Quote from: Barbarian on January 26, 2018, 06:37:42 pm
Keeping bees in skeps is not allowed in the UK. It has to be possible for the bees and brood to be examined.

Skeps are legal in the UK
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Re: Skeps ~ considering making one
« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2019, 10:35:44 am »
just noticed this thread.
if I had to use skeps i'd give up beekeeping.

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Re: Skeps ~ considering making one
« Reply #23 on: April 20, 2022, 11:54:28 pm »
FYI - for educational purposes, of course
http://beespoke.info/2013/11/29/make-your-own-bee-skep/
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