Beekeeping Finances – The Walrus and the Honey Bee

Unleashing my bees on new sites

Apiary in an orchard Spring has arrived here in Walrus-land, so it’s time to do some actual bee work at last. This coming season will be a year of expansion. The winter has certainly seen some undesired growth in my…

25 Jul 19 Walrus

Honey: antidote to Bitcoin

Walrus Honey I'm writing this in the evening, and the temperature is still around 30 Celsius (86 F). Luckily I'm in Manchester; my wife is in London where it's 36 Celsius (97 F) and very humid. I don't mind it.…

24 May 19 Walrus

Mrs Walrus has Spoken

Correx Nucleus Box The honey flow seems to have slowed down for a while, and my bees are less desperate to swarm. Last week I discovered that three of my hives swarmed even though I had checked them, which goes…

21 Jan 19 Walrus

Bees, Bubbles and Business

Until three years ago most of my working life had been about finance in one form or another. I started as a trainee accountant in the City of London, way back in the '80s, and I have worked in both…

24 Nov 18 Walrus

Making money, Honey

What's my plan? Well, since you ask, I shall enlighten you. I am not a commercial beekeeper. The main reason for me keeping bees is that I enjoy getting out of the city into rural Cheshire so that I can…