BeeMania – December 2018 – Colin Rees
Not so much to report this month, as bee hives cannot be opened during the cold weather. This is to prevent loss of heat from the brood nest which could cause the...
Category: BeeMania 2018
BeeMainia – November 2018 – Colin Rees
Bang! The cold weather has arrived, as we knew it would, and winter seems a lot nearer now than it did last week. Whilst my bee colonies have clustered for the first...
BeeMania – October 2018 – Colin Rees
Home again after three weeks looking after our two granddaughters, 6 and 10 years of age. We’re exhausted, as the younger one is like an Exocet missile – doing everything at top...
BeeMania – September 2018 – Colin Rees
Well, what a month August has been. We took a 10 day holiday this month (we just needed to STOP! after how June and July had been) but before going I took...
BeeMania – August 2018 – Colin Rees
Last month I said that, because I was away, I was dubious about whether I would have any bees left by the time I returned home (joking really!). I am pleased to...
BeeMania – July 2018 – Colin Rees
This past month has been a bit of a disaster beekeeping-wise. First of all, I was called to pick up a swarm at a caravan park at 8.40 one morning. As ever,...
BeeMania – June 2018 – Colin Rees
At long last the weather has broken and Mother Nature has started to rectify the discrepancy of our inappropriate unseasonal weather! The past month has been glorious – and the bees have...
BeeMania – May 2018 – Colin Rees
What a roller-coaster of a month April has been! One minute, snow and freezing weather – the next, summer-hot days as if the snow had never happened! Needless to say, apart from...
BeeMania – April 2018 – Colin Rees
So after the cold, the wet! Everywhere in our garden is like a quagmire. It’s been impossible to do much gardening so far this winter because it’s either been too cold or...
BeeMania – March 2018 – Colin Rees
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...