I cut my first speaker’s teeth at Newbattle Abbey in 2015. Observations at the Hive Entrance was one of the…
Book Review. Sue Remenyi has been keeping bees in England for 10 years. As in all specialist hobbies and crafts,…
Drone Inheritance Recap. We tackled the complicated story of drone genetics and inheritance last week, so let’s recap and move…
Part One: Understanding some cell biology and genetics. The drone is probably the least understood member of a honey bee…
I was very excited earlier in the year to know that Margaret Anne was taking on the challenge of filling…
Happy holidays everyone. We had magical twinkling frosts here all day yesterday with the temperature only just creeping up briefly…
It’s mid December and the temperature swings every couple of days. From way down around 4 degrees C last week…
Storm Barra hasn’t reached us yet and another calm day is on the cards so I’ll be off out soon…
Winter just arrived bearing cold winds and frosts, and there’s snow on the high ground. Storm Arwen raged through a…
This week’s guest blog is about the entrepreneurial adventures and successes of a Scottish beekeeping family. I’ve known the Thompson…