Introduction I don’t know about your swarm season, but mine got off to a flying start on 7th May exactly…
Introduction I wrote this for BeeCraft’s Cyclopedia series but they already had an article lined up for “E” so this…
Introduction Here we are in the first week of May and the weather is only just warming up enough for…
The Week’s Event: Equipment Show Bee-buddy Cynthia drove us into Inverness last Saturday to visit the first beekeeping equipment show…
Introduction We’re half way through April; another busy month though still not much beekeeping can be done owing to terrible…
Introduction. It’s been another week of unsettled weather but yesterday was warm so I inspected all 8 main colonies for…
The weather has been atrocious this week and the bees have hardly been outside at all. Cold, raw days with…
Introduction. Welcome to all you lovely new subscribers who joined us this month, and thank you to everyone who generously…
Introduction. The temperature soared to the dizzy heights of 10°C the other day and the bees landed heavily at their…
Green for 2024. Green is the in colour for queens this year. I still have a couple from the end…