admin Another one this year. lovely bunch of bees in the apple tree of a local house. Message came through on the BeeSwarm website. Fairly easy collection dropped the mass into the box and placed on the sheet then watched them all march up into the box.
OK so every beekeeper will know that you can NEVER have enough storage for all your equipment. If you have enough storage then you simply don’t have enough equipment!! I have been looking at using some of the outside storage for the old boxes, feeders, queen excluders etc. and stuff. My wood shed was built … Read more
So it is that time of year where I take a deep breath and lift the covers to see what i have managed to get through the winter.. This year we had 5 hives going into the winter. Purple died in the latter stages of the year so that doesn’t count. Coming out of the … Read more
Important going into winter that the hive hearts are operating properly. You may have noticed that the data was becoming more and more sporadic on the site as the batteries ran out. It was therefore time to get in there and change the batteries. Should be a really easy thing but I had typically made … Read more
I am a huge fan of the Swienty Breeze suits. I have used them myself for many years and find that they are very protective without the sweat of overheating when I am doing things. I should say however that I am an active beekeeper. My bees are a good 500 M walk away through … Read more
OK so this is not bee related but anyone who knows me will know that I have been super excited this year about my new pond, so I thought it was worth a post… The story begins with me having wanted a pond ever since moving to Horsham. A small bucket dug into the corner … Read more
Asian Hornets are a disaster for beekeeping in this country. They have arrived over from France and have begun to spread across the UK since 2016. Luckily their numbers are still fairly low but it is really important that they are found and removed by the authorities. Asian hornets are an invasive species and eat … Read more
So the super mild weather showing 13 degrees at the end of November has given me the opportunity to add a little extra winter feed. I have tried to set up my hives for winter so that even when cold I can check on the sugar remaining in the winter feeder box and add more, … Read more
So it is that time of year where the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder. Time to wrap up the hives for winter. We have a mild winter here in the UK so I don’t plan to do much. The poly hives are great for this as they retain heat much … Read more
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