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Our vegetable garden, left a few veggies to do their bit. Last but not least, the countryside that surrounds us. Isn't it beautiful.
That’s it for 2012,
On the 7th of October 2012 I have decided to take away the feeder and leave my bees to fend for themselves throughout the end of 2012 and the beginning…
Sugar dusting 3
I was a couple of days late with the sugar dusting. Had bad weather and strong winds. Bees seem all right, had some more attacks on their stores but they…
Sugar dusting 2
Where does the time go? 10 days had passed since my first sugar dusting and here we are again. Had some problems with robbing, after the first dusting. Whether that…
Sugar dusting
At about 2 pm I ground 113 gm of crystal sugar, put it into a shaker, lit my smoker and put my bee suit and hat on. Ready with all…
Varroa
Woke up to a cloudy sky this morning. Went to say Hello to the bees, they are quieter today, due to the weather. I have been checking the Varroa mite…
Crochet
I had started to crochet before the bee-keeping came along. Although I have made a few things since the start of my hobby, this is by far the "best". You…
30 degrees in the shade
We are having another heatwave, the bees are just so busy getting all the pollen of all the flowers. They have covered all of the 12 frames in the super…
Cool mornings, … warm afternoons
You would not even know we had bees in our hive if you looked at it in the morning.Once the sun shines into the hive it spurs all its inhabitants …
A very good day, …
Started off going for a walk to Vratna, took off reasonably early for our trek to Sokolie. The sky looked a bit grey here and there, air was cool with…