Honey It’s been another of those exciting weeks when everything seems to happen at once. The local health food shop…
Introduction Can you believe that we’re at the end of May already? This year is going by faster than ever.…
This must be one of the driest May’s on record and the farmers are crying out for rain. Louise’s BroodMinder…
Introduction I’ve spent most of this week reading and thinking about varroa so Tom’s follow up blog post couldn’t have…
Introduction This week is warmer after nearly a fortnight of overcast days and very cold nights. The OSR crop nearby…
Introduction. April got off to a good start here in the Scottish Highlands with sunny days and a high of…
Introduction. It’s still cold, but very soon we will be assessing colony health, size and progress here in the Northern…
Thomas Gfeller’s Thesis. Last year, Thomas asked me to proofread his final diploma thesis before it was published during the…
A honey bee colony builds its nest mostly of beeswax, a material that worker bees produce themselves, but a colony…
Introduction. Hello Everyone and welcome to all you new readers who signed up since last week.I’m sitting here on tenterhooks…