Beekeeping

I was stung today. The bees are grumpy. I could tell they were not in the good mood when we opened the hive and they were batting into me constantly knocking so hard I could feel them through my thick white bee suit. Its ok, …

Our queen cannot be found, we just can’t see her. She has a great big yellow paint spot on her back so it’s not too hard to see her. In addition to that we have an excess queen problem. Last time we looked we had …

The new apiary is at the back of a private housing development. It is closer to where we live and seemed easier to get to. it is a beautiful setting with the hives facing a small lake along a row of ancient hawthorns and just …

So much has happened since April. We have moved apiary after being evicted from our spot in the grounds of a country house.  We have moved in to the new apiary and alas, though it will do for now, we do not like it that …

So, we went down to have a look at the hive and there were bees in and out, just a few but we could see ’em. What a relief that was, giving the losses there have been this year we are very lucky. Don’t know …

So right now I would be looking to think about opening the hive. This time of year we need to take a quick peek to check what is going on and work out what to do next but it’s way too cold, or raining, or …