The weather over the past two weeks has been a lot warmer when the sun was shining, but out of the sun’s rays the easterly and north easterly winds dropped the temperatures...
I had an email from one of my last year’s students this week – the nucleus she had of mine was growing like topsy and the bees were drawing comb in their...
Much the same situation with the bees this month as last – flying on the warmer, calmer days, but confined to barracks most of the time. However, the sugar candy/fondant I have...
Last month I said that the winter had been so mild so far that I would be feeding my bees with fondant in the next couple of weeks, as they would be...
There’s not a lot to report this month, as December is perhaps the quietest month in the beekeeping calendar. There are few flowers or plants in bloom, let alone any yielding nectar,...
So 2016 is coming to an end – and what a challenging year it has been, what with poor honey harvests across the UK, the derogation of the neonicotinoid ban by Parliament...
I make no apologies for starting this month’s blog with another reminder about the Asian Hornet which has recently arrived on our shores from France. In addition to the initial sighting of...
I think it must have been the minute I pressed “Send” on last month’s report to RoL, the honey flow started! Since then, the bees have been going mad in terms of...
What an August we’ve had – and the last week of July as well! Whilst I was wrong in saying I wouldn’t get a honey crop, what the bees appeared to bring...
My worst fears have been realised – I think we are unlikely to get a honey crop this year! It started about 6 weeks ago with a warning email from the National...