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Keeping woodpeckers away

08/01/2013 / Simon / Leave a Comment on Keeping woodpeckers away

Here in southern England we have to protect our bee hives against Woodpeckers who occasionally attack colonies usually in late…

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The bees know best…

03/11/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on The bees know best…

So today we went to have a quick check on the colonies in the main apiary to make sure they…

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At the UK National Honey Show

28/10/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on 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…

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From bucket to jar.

18/09/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on From bucket to jar.

I got back from Tokyo on Saturday, and spent some of Sunday and Monday getting the honey into jars.  Using…

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Honey Harvest

03/09/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on Honey Harvest

Two visits have gone by since I last wrote here.  The bee inspector visited, and we didn’t have any EFB…

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EFB in the Apiary? But Hive 5 is Alive!

12/08/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on 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…

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Not much to report…

28/07/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on 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…

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Summer arrives finally for the bees, with pluses and minuses

21/07/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on 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…

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Emily Returns

17/06/2012 / Simon / Leave a Comment on Emily Returns

Emily’s back from her first year at Uni, and the weather stopped another training session happening Saturday, so Sunday afternoon,…

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Not much to report this week really.  A large group of us turned up at the Apiary this morning, about…

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