Here in southern England we have to protect our bee hives against Woodpeckers who occasionally attack colonies usually in late…
The bees know best…
So today we went to have a quick check on the colonies in the main apiary to make sure they…
At the UK National Honey Show
So this week Elsa and I went to the UK National Honey Show in Weybridge, Surrey. It runs over three days and…
From bucket to jar.
I got back from Tokyo on Saturday, and spent some of Sunday and Monday getting the honey into jars. Using…
Honey Harvest
Two visits have gone by since I last wrote here. The bee inspector visited, and we didn’t have any EFB…
EFB in the Apiary? But Hive 5 is Alive!
Back in the Training Apiary for the first time after the holiday, and after being warned by Geoff and Simon…
Not much to report…
That’s about it. We do have some signs of laying in a number of the hives. My main one is…
Summer arrives finally for the bees, with pluses and minuses
For the first time in ages it was sunny this morning when I set out to the Apiary, but whether…
Emily Returns
Emily’s back from her first year at Uni, and the weather stopped another training session happening Saturday, so Sunday afternoon,…
Not much to report this week really. A large group of us turned up at the Apiary this morning, about…