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…
Honey
Well I guess I knew it was going to happen, but despite splitting my original hive about three weeks or so ago, it has now swarmed as well. Read more…
Wow what an adrenalin-rush keeping bees brings! It’s swarm season, a term that generates fear in many people’s minds, but in fact whoever does PR for bees and bee swarms should be sacked! Read more…
It’s almost a whole year since I collected my bee swarm and installed it into my home made horizontal top bar hive. What a journey of discovery it has been. Rollercoaster is such a cliché, but the highs and lows of natural beekeeping are so extreme that there are few other words to sum it up. Read more…
