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We have to get the new hive out of the box soon. It’s been so cold here and yesterday we had intended to take it up to the apiary but it snowed.  Now, I happen to know that some of you reading this are in …

We looked at sorting some bits out at the apriary this weekend. There are a few tasks to undertake to make sure that the hive is protected, the bees are happy and they stand the best chances of surviving the winter. Even for our little …

Did you see any bargains? I never do, in fact one item I had in my basket of a well known online retailer went up in price. But then I got the Thornes promotional email (feel free to advertise on my blog, Thornes) and a …

It was lovely, thanks. I had goats cheese, followed by the turkey. We learnt an awful lot about some aspects of bee keeping which had me throwing worried looks at hubby. One of the reasons I learnt so much was because we were sat right …

Hi, you might have read about hornets raiding hives. I don’t think I had ever seen a hornet close up until the other day when one kidnapped and killed one of our bees. We were right there when the brazen hornet hussy marched up grabbed …

When it gets a bit colder and there is less to do in the hives bee keepers seem to gather inside more. We were invited to the annual honey tasting the other day. Everyone bring a jar with no labels for tasting. Its blind so …

We chose our menu today for the Annual Bee Keepers Dinner. Who knew Bee keepers had a dinner.

So, last time I said we hadn’t seen any Varroa on the bees. Mmmm, so I shouldn’t have said that aloud because nearly the very next day there was one! I like to think it was just one, you know like there is only ever …

We have so much news! Where to start? Bear with me as I have so much to tell you!

Varroa mite is a problem for bee colonies and something bee keepers all become aware of really fast. Their actual name is Varroa Destructor which gives you a bit of an idea of just how devastating having Varroa can be. Everywhere in the world, except …