It’s over now, but the last few months I’ve been making up large amounts of sugar syrup to feed the bees for the winter. This
As promised last time around, it’s more Commercial hive plan goodness. This time around it is the turn of nucleus boxes, and all in plywood.
Beekeeping in the rest of the world is dominated by a design of hive invented in the US, the Langstroth hive. Here in the UK
Yes, it’s that time of year again. When I think: How are my bees looking? What is the plan for the year? What do I
It’s been a while, but the new season has made me think about starting up the blogging again. Spring has definitely sprung around here (the
Last summer I picked up a swarm during the summer and popped it into a jumbo langstroth Modern Beekeeping poly nuc. The swarm had gone
I’ve buckled! I’d been looking at them for some time but the price had put me off. Finally though, I’ve bought a Ross round section
Too exposed for bees over winter? The other day was the first chance I had had in about a month to get up to the
Oh dear, we’re at the end of October already and once again I’ve been too busy to do much in the way of posting. So,
Well the last few weeks have been eventful. Three colonies artificially swarmed. One passed on to a new beekeeper, and two new colonies retained. One