I've been very vigilant as a new beekeeper or so I thought. All the weekly inspections, the care and attention to those little ladies has been nothing but an insight to the mind of a women and what they will do just to annoy you....
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I have been told about it but I never knew it would be this quick...
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Oki doki, the oil seed rape season is over for another year and onwards with the next crop. It's amazing until I started beekeeping I didn't realise that there was a gap in the flowering season from about the end of May until the middle...
Read MoreOn my last post I mentioned honey and that I had seen signs of this when doing my inspection. Well, now is the time to start to collecting, exactly what every beekeeper is waiting for. However another new learning curve and a quick ferret around...
Read MoreOK where do I begin, at the start I would reckon is a good place. It's been a busy couple of weeks and sorry for not posting just had loads to do. As the temperature has soared and the flowers have started to really do...
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Now the weather is definitely warmer, the flowers are opening and the bee colonies are growing, the need for more frequent inspections is needed. Thank you to my inner voice telling me :- " go on check em out, if you don't do them now...
Read MoreAnother first for Tinhead Honey. An artificial swarm and many thanks must go to to Chris Rawlings for the advice and the help in getting this done. This created a good hive for a decent honey crop this season and also the bee stock is...
Read MoreWow, what a day, great weather for reviewing the hives. How different 3 apiaries can be!! Apiary one, 3 hives, all calm, going about their business in a nice friendly manor. No queen cells seen today, plenty of space for brood and...
Read MoreI will be sitting down this evening to watch what I am sure is going to a fabulous and informative start to a four part series by Martha Kearney of The World at One fame. Really looking forward to finding out more about these intelligent...
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