Things are quietening down now in the apiary. The bees are still bringing in nectar and pollen from the ivy and the asters, which will provide them with their winter stores. Very...

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This summer has been ideal to assist with the ripening of honey inside the hive, having been hot and dry for several weeks. Honey ripening is where the bees fan inside the...

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The past few weeks have been ideal foraging weather for the bees – dry, sunny, low wind speeds. The problem is that at this time of year there is little for the...

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What a busy month this has been – and what brilliant weather! The bees have at last remembered what life is about and have been frenetically foraging for nectar on the clover...

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This past month has been hectic from a beekeeping point of view. There was the initial flurry at the start of the month when I did a split on a colony and...

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Well, May has been slightly better than the previous months – but Spring is still not here yet! The bees, however, are busy inside their hives, the queen laying brood for all...

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What a winter this has been (I think we can safely assume it is more or less over by now!). It has been long, wet and cold – extremely cold, and for...

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This has been an abysmal start to the year for our beloved honeybees. The weather has been relentlessly cold and wet, so even though the bees know it is time to start...

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As I reported last month, the weather has not, in the main, been conducive to bees flying. However, we have had one or two drier days when the bees have been out...

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So it looks like there is still plenty of rain left in the heavens to descend upon us – I suppose from the melting ice-caps and glaciers. But I won’t dwell on...

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