How I Make Queens
One of my lovely queens with quite light coloured bees I'm good at learning from…
Size Of Queen Cells
Queen Cells It's only the 7th of May, and I've already done my second batch…
Queen Colour
A 2021 Queen It's a non-beekeeping day today, and we have had some much-needed rain…
Van Man
My Bee Van It's finally happened. I bought a van. It's only a small van,…
Swarm Prevention vs. Honey
The Mole and The Walrus After three days in a row of beekeeping, I found…
Alternative Points Of View
Walrus Honey is delicious! An era of populism, conspiracy theories, idiotic social media clickbait and…
Early Season Manoeuvers
Pussy willow (Salix family) What do people do with their bees in March in the…
Poly Hives
Some of Murray McGregors Poly Hives At this time of the year, many beekeepers are…
Making Queens: Brother Adam Method
Buckfast Home Apiary 1965 (photo: David Kemp) The recent passing of David Kemp prompted me…
Achieve More For Less
Barrels of honey at Olivarez Honey Bees, Orland, California Beekeepers invest a considerable amount of…
David Kemp 1937-2022
With David Kemp in Nottinghamshire I spent a lovely afternoon with David in the summer…
Becoming A Master
Photo by Good Free Photos on Unsplash In the UK, we have something called a…