BeeMania – December 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
Category: BeeMania 2017
BeeMania – November 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – October 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMaina – September 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – August 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – July 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – June 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – May 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – April 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – March 2017 – Colin Rees
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...