Hi there, I have been very lazy... I have not written my blog for months... So a quick catch up.... The Bee season has not been easy, it...

It was an early start this morning (About 2 weeks ago), If you are going to migrate your bees to another site it needs to be done before...

I think there is a weather theme developing here! however the blog today is a bit of a catch-up, it is really just video of last weeks...

The weather is still very mixed, but the trend is upwards I am pleased to report. After nearly two weeks of limited flying time for the...

Ok... it is not April the first.... but it is snowing...I also apologise to those who saw my post of Facebook about Arctic honey... at...

I have been up and down to the apiary for the last few days gradually bringing roofs, floors and boxes back for spring cleaning. Each...

Please listen to this... it is an outstanding program about bees and bee keeping non technical but superbly done. Recorded in binaural (...

Today I got my old wash boiler out and boiled up frames in hot water and washing soda to clean them ready for rewaxing. It is not...

Hopefully this set of videos will help you become super heroes! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9gbKRe9KN96YNPIRgFJiqrXkLYp7SEfx...

Not a lot of explanation required! however please feel free to ask questions.... Happy Beekeeping

This is a video I shot the other day putting a feed pack on a colony. These bees are not starving but I like to give a food pack or more...

The weather is getting better all the time and I decided it was a good time to shake off the winter blues and get on with some real work....

A lot is written about varroa and its treatment.... this is a video I shot in the kitchen in April 2015. I bought a block of drone brood...

It is the 16th February and it is 11 C, a bit of a change from my last post when it was -6.5 C The bees were flying well as you can see...

It is Saturday to 13 February and deliveries of wax keep arriving at my door. In these days of social distancing we do click and collect...

I spent the morning making up some flat pack supers. Please ignore the Battery... it is nothing to do with this! First I drilled some...

I was talking to Adrian Wilford yesterday and he sent me over some photos of floors off his hives. ( he was putting clean floors on them...

It is Saturday 30 January and I popped back up to the apiary this pm to slap on another couple of food packs and to recheck the...

Went to check my apiary today as was rewarded be the sight of many of my bees taking the chance of a quick flight out to see what is...

It was cold so i bottled some honey in the kitchen. I prepared the kitchen, covered the floor and work surface in clean card / paper I...