Introduction. A few weeks ago, I was beekeeping at an out-apiary with my friend Alison when she reacted badly to…
The wifi and phonelines have been down all week so I’m borrowing my bee buddy Cynthia’s internet and sending the…
The Mind of a Bee, – by Lars Chittka Published: 2022 by Princeton University Press ISBN: 978-0-691-18047-2 ISBN (e-book) 978-0-691-23624-7…
We’ve had some really hot weather (at least for us) over the past week with the temperature reaching at least…
This has been a relatively restful week with the weather too wet, windy and wild for beekeeping. Today though it…
News From Australia. Australia celebrates 200 years of honey bees and commercial beekeeping with a delightful new two-dollar coin. I…
Pollination. Pollination is all about plant sex; ooh err! Or, is it? Read on for the full story. Flowering plants…
It’s been one of the busiest weeks of my beekeeping season so far this year but thankfully all the colonies…
After miserably cold May weather, June has been more promising with temperatures as high as 23 degrees Celsius. Between 16-…
I’d been puzzling over the question of their being two parts to the waggle dance for some time because current…