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The Lucky Beekeeper #5

11/07/2010 / Simon / Leave a Comment on The Lucky Beekeeper #5

A swarm is the old queen from a colony, leaving with half the bees from it.  Drones fertilise her in-flight…

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The Lucky Beekeeper #4

04/07/2010 / Simon / Leave a Comment on The Lucky Beekeeper #4

So, we returned to the FreeBees last night.  Both daughters came with this time – Eldest is getting interested, but…

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The Lucky Beekeeper #3

13/06/2010 / Simon / Leave a Comment on The Lucky Beekeeper #3

So, we’d noticed they’d been getting  angry when we were looking them over – and they’d been very calm before. …

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The Lucky Beekeeper #2

30/05/2010 / Simon / Leave a Comment on The Lucky Beekeeper #2

So, I’ve been to see them a few times since, and they’re getting on well.  The end board I made…

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The Lucky Beekeeper

21/05/2010 / Simon / Leave a Comment on The Lucky Beekeeper

I got my hive and most of the frames last week.  Due to the huge increase in beekeepers this year,…

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