Lazy Blog Writer
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...
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Philip Closier
May 16, 20213 min read
Pride comes before the fall.... and a possibly a little bit of redemption.
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...
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Philip Closier
Apr 26, 20211 min read
Definitely warmer!
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...
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Philip Closier
Apr 14, 20212 min read
Warming Up
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...
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Philip Closier
Apr 6, 20211 min read
Snowing
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...
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Philip Closier
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Spring stuff
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...
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Philip Closier
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Radio Program
Please listen to this... it is an outstanding program about bees and bee keeping non technical but superbly done. Recorded in binaural (...
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Philip Closier
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Cleaning frames
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...
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Philip Closier
Mar 14, 20211 min read
Getting ready for the swarming season... part 1
Hopefully this set of videos will help you become super heroes! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9gbKRe9KN96YNPIRgFJiqrXkLYp7SEfx...
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Philip Closier
Mar 12, 20211 min read
Waxing Super frames
Not a lot of explanation required! however please feel free to ask questions.... Happy Beekeeping
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Philip Closier
Mar 12, 20211 min read
Quick Trip to check food levels
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...
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Philip Closier
Feb 22, 20212 min read
A busy busy couple of days
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....
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Philip Closier
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Varroa
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...
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Philip Closier
Feb 16, 20211 min read
A warm spring day... at last!
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...
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Philip Closier
Feb 13, 20212 min read
-3C Yet another cold day! but warmer than -7C yesterday !
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...
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Philip Closier
Feb 3, 20211 min read
Today...
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...
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Philip Closier
Feb 1, 20211 min read
A wet winter
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...
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Philip Closier
Jan 30, 20212 min read
Bad News Part 2
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...
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Philip Closier
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Bad News...
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...
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Philip Closier
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Bottling a bit of honey....
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...
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