last look at the hives
So last week I added some feed to hive 2 and was due to do the same to hive 1 this week, having thought about it, I decided rather than...
Feeding Hive 2
so being a lazy beekeeper this time of year I get to forget beekeeping ideas and leave them to it, I'd added sugar patties to the hives...
Buzzing with Bees
how crazy is this weather, by all accounts it's 30 degrees in Bethnal Green, another 2 degrees and it'll be the hottest september in 55...
September's Inspection
I thought it was about time that I checked on the bees again, time goes so quick, it's been 5 weeks since I added those supers, anyway...
End of Summer
well we may still have good weather, but the Japanese Knotweed is in flower, and that flowers at the end of summer, but it's good for my...
my thought's on fogging Bees
most people that keep bees will have heard of varroa, and the many ways of dealing with them, I had always been a let nature takes it's...
this weekends bee stuff
so this weekend was spent doing bee duties in the woodland, rather than in the bee garden, but thought some viewers may find it...
Adding supers to the hives
Although neither brood boxes were fully full, I thought I'd add a couple of supers to the hives. We still have quite a few weeks of...
Ross Rounds for the bee garden in 2017
last year when there was a sale on, I bought three ross rounds boxes for national size hives, I have two of them over my woodland, one on...
Inspecting the hives
I had pencilled in the 18th of this month to inspect for eggs,but too many things to do and not enough hours in the day meant going in a...