I’m giving a presentation tomorrow evening for the Welsh Beekeeper’s Association, and their guests worldwide, on my visit to Andrew…
The week has passed in a blur of beekeeping activity similar to the previous two this swarm season. Only one…
Despite a fair bit of rain over the last week it’s been warm with lots of bee activity. It’s hard…
As I write on the 27th, snow is falling heavily in enormous soggy clumps. The outside temperature was 0.5 degrees…
Mild Weather After Christmas. After some heavy frosts, things warmed up to around 10 degrees Celsius on 28th December and…
The Beelistener wishes you all a happy Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year, and a great new beekeeping season…
While searching for a recent farming programme featuring Murray McGregor, UK’s biggest bee farmer with 4,000 colonies, I came across…
Interesting Find Near Cawdor Woods. Whilst searching for possible wild bees last week, I found this interesting member of the…
Spring Queen Marking. I mark all my queens in Spring when I’m more likely to find them, but also before…