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Steve Donohoe, Author of "Interviews with Beekeepers"

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dead bees and varroa mites
3 Jul 22 Walrus

Treatment Free

Photo by Maja Dumat - CC BY 2.0 The July 2022 issue of the BBKA…
Beekeeping, Keeping Your Bees Alive
Oxalic acid chemical formula
23 Jun 22 Walrus

Importance of Winter Oxalic

Oxalic acid The point of this article is to encourage beekeepers to carry out mite…
Beekeeping, Keeping Your Bees Alive
New queens in cages with attendant workers
16 Jun 22 Walrus

Summer in the apiary

New queens in cages with attendant workers Phew, it looks like the swarming season may…
Beekeeping, Summer Bee Work
7 Jun 22 Walrus

Getting Them Mated

Kieler Mating Nucs The problem with beekeepers is that we are all cooped up for…
Beekeeping, Making Nucs, Raising Your Own Queen Bees
Varroa Easy-Check
28 May 22 Walrus

Summer Varroa Check

Varroa mites cause the death of more colonies than most people admit - here I discuss a summer mite check, if only for peace of mind.
Beekeeping, Keeping Your Bees Alive, Lessons and Opinions, Summer Bee Work
14 May 22 Walrus

How I Make Queens

One of my lovely queens with quite light coloured bees I'm good at learning from…
Beekeeping, Raising Your Own Queen Bees
9 May 22 Walrus

Size Of Queen Cells

Queen Cells It's only the 7th of May, and I've already done my second batch…
Beekeeping, Raising Your Own Queen Bees
1 May 22 Walrus

Queen Colour

A 2021 Queen It's a non-beekeeping day today, and we have had some much-needed rain…
Raising Your Own Queen Bees
VW Caddy
26 Apr 22 Walrus

Van Man

My Bee Van It's finally happened. I bought a van. It's only a small van,…
Making Nucs, Nucleus Hives, Springtime
Steve with his son Alex
11 Apr 22 Walrus

Swarm Prevention vs. Honey

The Mole and The Walrus After three days in a row of beekeeping, I found…
How do I stop Bees Swarming?, Springtime
jars of honey
31 Mar 22 Walrus

Alternative Points Of View

Walrus Honey is delicious! An era of populism, conspiracy theories, idiotic social media clickbait and…
Importing Bees - Good or Bad?, Keeping Your Bees Alive, Lessons and Opinions
11 Mar 22 Walrus

Early Season Manoeuvers

Pussy willow (Salix family) What do people do with their bees in March in the…
Preparation is Everything

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