Three days ago a farmer felled an old Scot’s pine because it was rotten in the middle and liable to…
While I’ve spent the last week coating my sore throat with propolis tincture, the apiary bees have been hunkering down…
It’s exciting returning as chairperson to my local association committee after a few years off to do other things and…
Wild Honey Bees; review by Tom Seeley. This week we start with a review of a recently published book full…
Introduction. This week Taylor Hood returns with another slice of Scottish beekeeping history. I’m interested in the Glen Hive too…
Following up on the structure and function of the mouthparts, this week’s blog features the marvellous mandibles. All the best…
Fred is one of those highly motivated people who focusses on the solution rather than the problem. When his local…
Have you ever watched a honey bee with its glossa (tongue) stretched out collecting nectar from a flower and wondered…
February races forward with mixed days of bracing gales, heavy horizontal rain, flooding and freezing blizzard conditions. On the rare…
It’s a wintery week here in the Highlands with more sleat and snow but this week’s guest blog brings back…