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The other day myself and a colleague were idling away our work day by staring out of the window at work checking out the apartments and the street below when he pointed out the bus stops below and told me about what was going on …

Our bee story is not great at the moment. We have been able to harvest some honey but more because we had to rather than wanted to. Our laying workers were sorted out, thats all good but we had a swarm to replace one hive …

I have not posted for ages, we have been a bit busy! There has been alot on. The greenhouse is starting to look like a place to grow food and plants, rather than store equipment, seeds have been scattered all over the place, and the …

Saw this today going into the hive, how amazing it that? I am guessing that for seasoned beekeepers red pollen is common but we were amazed to see this today I thought I would share it. Where is it from? Horse chestnut trees is the …

So, last time I posted we had queen cell issues. Well, we still do really. We have one very busy hive but are not sure what is going on in there. We have another supersedure cell so have decided to leave it be for a …

First inspection for three weeks due to low temperatures today. Good and no so good outcomes. Firstly I wore my green gardening gloves for the inspection. It did come to me later that the bees find these sticky and once on them cannot get off. …

And what are we actually doing! Well, right now we should be cleaning our super frames, checking our kit and deciding about buying a new hive. We are not doing any of that. Firstly work is too busy, second we have to buy two new …