Hallelujah! Winter has arrived! Am I the only one both welcoming yet cursing the cold weather? These easterly winds are so cutting, there’s no escaping them, yet I’m hoping they are just...
I’ve just had a quick look back at last year’s February BeeMania and what I reported then is more or less what I plan to say this month as well! My wife...
Another year draws to a close and we can look back and see what was good and what was not so good. Hopefully, there will be more good than not so good...
Well, winter is a-coming in! We’ve had some cold days and even colder nights recently, giving us a taste for what is promised for the first weekend in December. Normally, we get...
I make no apologies for starting this month’s blog with an update on the Asian Hornet. The good news is that the sighting at a Plymouth apiary has not been confirmed and...
You may recall that in a previous report I told you about an Asian Hornet’s nest spotted in Tetbury, Gloucestershire last September. This nest was killed and the contents analysed to try...
Well, I think the latter part of August might have made up for July in terms of summer weather – hasn’t it been hot? Whilst the heat has prevented me from doing...
Well, it’s been another pretty hectic month! The first 10 days or so we had to be away in Wales for a family funeral and to provide support after the event, so...
Well, what a few weeks these have been! As I said last month, I had been dealing with a lot of swarm calls, diverting them mainly to other beekeepers across Cornwall depending...
As I predicted in one of my earlier reports, an early swarming season is now upon us! It started in April in other parts of Cornwall, but my first was on 9...