What makes up the hive?
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 …
Month: December 2017
Getting the hive ready for winter
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 …
Black Friday Sale,Uh oh!
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 second hive just slipped in to my basket with a saving of over £100!!!
Its our Christmas gift to each other, hubby and I. It arrived today, soon to be installed at the apriary with the faint and distant Christmas wish that a colony will take up residence all by themselves in the spring.
We are thinking we might have to identify some additional labour now. The hunt for a secondhand and cheap aged 9 bee suit is on. The boy can become an apprentice beekeeper.
Annual Bee Keepers Christmas Dinner
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 …
Hornet attack
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 …