Things and places we got up to
We have officialy finished hay making, our barn is full, we still have boards on the top of our hay just to allow a little bit of space between the…
Feeding = Robbing
I am starting to think that this is going to be the case every time I feed my bees. Firstly once I started feeding I reduced the entrances, on the…
Pictures of bees + flowers
Bees are getting very busy, cowslips, cherries, wild plumbs, hawthorn, may, in our garden helleborus, fritallaria, bluberries, pulsatilla. I nearly forgot I managed to find and buy a cercis…
– 3.7*C @ night
Last night was the first night with reasonably hard frost, we have been having odd weather, mind you everybody is having odd weather, during the day is sunny and it…
A new Bee Garden
I have been considering building a bee bed with "bee" plants for our girls and of course all the other insects and all those thoughts have come to fruition. I…
The bees,
are doing really well, we have had some really nice sunny days with frosty nights. On days such as these the bees are slower to come out, but once they…
Stores up to date 15/09/15
Hive A received 10 kg sugar syrup Hive B received 9 kg sugar syrup Hive C received 7 kg sugar syrup Hive D received 10 kg sugar syrup Hive E…
10 stings later,
The bees have been acting quite protectively around the hive, the smell of honey is pretty overpowering so I am guessing for a very good reason they are acting the…
Hive inspections April 2014
First time I inspected the hives was on the 5th of April, The bees were very angry about the whole interruption and I tried to work as effectively as I…