This is getting ridiculous. I’ve had four queen wasps in the kitchen this year and have come to the conclusion that there must be a reason for it. Read more…
Bees
I’ve been staking out the beehives in the warm weather to see whether there are any of my little bees flying about. They will fly if the weather is mild, above 7c and not windy. Read more…
Last winter my first and at that time, only beehive went into the winter with what I thought was barely enough food to last them to spring. I hadn’t harvested any honey, preferring to let them keep their precious food for their own needs, but I had had to resort to feeding them during a summer dearth so I knew that they did have some stores. Read more…
The bees have been amazing these last few weeks, but I have to admit that I now only have two thriving colonies.
The swarm I collected and hived in my Warre hive was doing well and had made about six combs that were full of brood and stores. Read more…
