Welcome to New Subscribers. Here we are in June already and my colonies are sorted following swarm control (or so…
Like most beekeepers, I don’t leave home during swarm season. Quite a few years ago now I was on top…
Introduction. I spend more time thinking about varroa than anything else in beekeeping and I’m stepping up the monitoring. I’ve…
Introduction by Ann. Most of my garden has been planted with pollinators in mind, especially my honey bees. I stopped…
Introduction. When I started beekeeping I didn’t have a mentor and when I first opened one of the UK equipment…
We reach the end of April and the weather is still too cold for opening the hives for regular colony…
Our season here in the Scottish Highlands is getting off to a slow start on account of cold and variable…
The holiday is over and I’m busy getting supers and brood boxes ready for the new season. It is very…
Linton and I have arranged to meet farm manager and beekeeper Norman Dogley at the Admin offices of L’Union Estates…
I’m in the Southern Hemisphere 320 miles south of the Equator in Seychelles which is an archipelago comprising 115 islands…