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...
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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...
BeeMania – February 2017 – Colin Rees
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...
Bee-Mania – January 2017 – Colin Rees
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,...
BeeMania – December 2016 – Colin Rees
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...
BeeMania – November 2016 – Colin Rees
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...
Bee-Mania – October 2016 – Colin Rees
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...