Introduction Honey fraud is prevalent across the world and has been for a long time. Since Montreal hosted Apimondia in…
Introduction The temperatures shot up to a crazy 16 °C for a few days and the bees were busy clearing…
The sun is out as I write early in the morning of the only good day forecast for this week.…
Until recently, I hadn’t done much baking with honey because I’d always thought that it was a waste to heat…
Smoker Fuel. Has anyone else run out of their favourite smoker fuel? It has been a long season and I…
The holiday is over and I’m busy getting supers and brood boxes ready for the new season. It is very…
Another mild week and sunshine send the bees down to the river where they are still collecting Himalayan balsam though…
At last, we are at the end of a long dry spell broken by heavy rain. But temperatures are still…
Wild Bees. The wild bees I found a couple of years ago are thriving and I’ve never seen them so…
Dr Chris Palgrave’s excellent article on European foulbrood in August’s BeeCraft was so timely. It coincided with the announcement by…