Category Archives: Bees

   Send article as PDF    Check this link for details. I’m saying nothing! Except, maybe, I really can’t see it taking off. Well, ok then. How do you stop the queen laying in the honey comb? There doesn’t appear … Continue reading →

   Send article as PDF    On Sunday past, I took 11 full & capped super frames of lovely honey from the original hive, and checked the new hive. They are a bit behind and have not yet capped anything … Continue reading →

   Send article as PDF    One of Alison’s ex work colleagues, Andy, keeps bees. So far this year he has had 4 swarms!

   Send article as PDF    I’ve been checking the girls today – the weather is lovely and warm and they are flying around all over the place, returning with lots of pollen and, hopefully, nectar.

   Send article as PDF    I’ve taken far too long to write this up, but I’ve been rather pissed off to be honest! We’ve lost one hive of bees since February.

   Send article as PDF    On Sunday 6th February I hefted the hives as usual. The new hive felt a bit on the light side so I whipped the lid off (just the lid) to take a peek – … Continue reading →

   Send article as PDF    I was out this Sunday hefting the hive. It’s feeling a little lighter than I remember, so I suspect the girls are tucking in to the stores now. I heard from Peter, about a … Continue reading →

   Send article as PDF    Today, Alison and I took our lives in our hands and extracted the honey from 20 full frames. In all, we have now got a kitchen full of about 70 lbs of fresh garden … Continue reading →

   Send article as PDF    Saturday 2nd October was a fairly nice day given the weather we’ve been having recently, so we managed – at long last – to get the final harvest of honey done.

   Send article as PDF    The girls were checked again today and all is well. Varroa counts is nil on both hives – that worries me a tad!  But I did give them a good dusting of icing sugar … Continue reading →

   Send article as PDF    The girls have been busy and today, we have harvested another 9 frames of fully capped honeycomb to add to the three we took a couple of weeks back. Unfortunately …

   Send article as PDF    Been a while since I wrote, so here’s a brief update on what’s happened since last time.

   Send article as PDF    It was been checking time again yesterday and of the three queen cups I found last week, one has a grub in it.

   Send article as PDF    On Saturday I went to check on the girls again. In the seven days since my last check, they’ve been busy. How busy?

   Send article as PDF    Ted Hooper has died at the age of 91. He was most famous for the Bee Keeping book Guide To Bees And Honey. Some links to Ted: Wikipedia British Bee Keeping Association – Obituary. … Continue reading →