For a few days in April I thought the beekeeping season had started! The weather was warm, the bitter, north-easterly wind had finally dropped and the bees were going crazy for nectar...
So, the blackthorn is starting to flower already! This means the bees have now an abundance of nectar as well as pollen available to start the new season. Once we get to...
Well, what a windy few days we’ve had with Dudley, Eunice and Franklin. Yet again, though, we’ve escaped lightly here on the south coast, but since I did not know what was...
Another quiet month on the beekeeping front, I’m afraid, with little to report. The bees are still active on the sunny days but the cold weather is keeping them in cluster still. ...
I hope you all had a great, if unseasonable weatherwise, Christmas. The bees did! They have been out and about in the spells of dry weather because it’s been so warm they...
So that’s what winter feels like! It’s been so long since we had any truly cold weather, it came as a bit of a shock to us all, I think, even though...
We’ve had some rain over the past few days, quite a contrast to what we were experiencing earlier in the month. It’s most likely put paid to the ivy harvest but the...
So, whilst Summer appears to be over (though we’re still getting the occasional sunny days), and nearly all the swallows have departed for Africa, it’s still relatively warm, which means the bees...
So Summer has finally arrived – it took long enough! The past two weeks have been fantastic for the bees, giving them a second flow of nectar to boost their diminishing reserves. ...
What a month July has been! I said to Lin at the beginning of the month, “Looks like swarming season is over, I can get back to doing non-beekeeping things now”. So...