Beekeepers Journal
The Great Bee Breakout
I love this time of year - it’s full-on swarming time. Most animals have some annoying features: goats eat anything and everything, horses have riders, sheep eat grass and die...
The Great Bee Breakout
I love this time of year - it’s full-on swarming time. Most animals have some annoying features: goats eat anything and everything, horses have riders, sheep eat grass and die...
Hive Havoc: Nature's Drummers
For me it started badly and went down hill. Autumn brought wasps, the Messerschmitt of the insect world, to terrorise one of my apiaries which were then nobly assisted by...
Hive Havoc: Nature's Drummers
For me it started badly and went down hill. Autumn brought wasps, the Messerschmitt of the insect world, to terrorise one of my apiaries which were then nobly assisted by...
Ready for action
At last, winter is fading away, and days of reading and planning about bees will soon be replaced by action. Beekeeping in the past was not all about honey. We...
Ready for action
At last, winter is fading away, and days of reading and planning about bees will soon be replaced by action. Beekeeping in the past was not all about honey. We...
On the brink of spring
What’s to like about January? Not a lot, really, except for the anticipation of the year to come. Now that we've reached February, nature is teetering on the brink of...
On the brink of spring
What’s to like about January? Not a lot, really, except for the anticipation of the year to come. Now that we've reached February, nature is teetering on the brink of...
The calm before the swarm
Well, that’s it, whatever you were celebrating, winter solstice is passed. Me? I have lots of kit made up ready for the spring and the hum of the hives. I...
The calm before the swarm
Well, that’s it, whatever you were celebrating, winter solstice is passed. Me? I have lots of kit made up ready for the spring and the hum of the hives. I...
A festive buzz in the air
I must mention this - it is the run-up to Christmas, a particularly important time of year for the beekeeper. Success or failure depends on what you do now. I...
A festive buzz in the air
I must mention this - it is the run-up to Christmas, a particularly important time of year for the beekeeper. Success or failure depends on what you do now. I...