Introduction. After unseasonably warm weather, we had a nice crisp frost the other night and the air is chilly. At…
Introduction. The temperature soared to the dizzy heights of 10°C the other day and the bees landed heavily at their…
Introduction. This week, another friend helps me out during a busy month as I scramble to get the last module…
The unsettled weather over the last few days of the year ranges from still, clear, frosty, and sunny to lashing…
Introduction. The perfect window of weather came this week for vaporising the colonies using Apibioxal and the Varrox Eddy kit.…
Introduction. Jane and I often discuss beekeeping education and how to engage beekeepers in ongoing learning. We know that there…
“Beekeeping today is still as it has always been: the exploitation of colonies of a wild insect; the best beekeeping…
Following up on the structure and function of the mouthparts, this week’s blog features the marvellous mandibles. All the best…
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…