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Advice for beekeepers in their first years

Beekeeping Tips From A Walrus Wild comb made by a swarm (try to avoid this!) Just in case there are any fairly new or potential keepers of bees reading my blog, here is a quick run through of things to…

27 Sep 22 Walrus

Installing Bees For The First Time

New cedar hives in a field Moving New Bees Into Their Hive My three previous articles have been for prospective and new beekeepers because this is the time of the year when beginner classes get going. If you are enrolled…

20 Sep 22 Walrus

Your First Honey Bees

Poly nucs in autumn. They move into hives next year. How do you get your first bees? The Intolerance of Humans Newcomers to beekeeping will soon discover that there are rival factions in our ranks. One might expect that we…

12 Sep 22 Walrus

Look Before You Leap – Beekeeping

The Mole and The Walrus Beginning Beekeeping - Before You Start How Many Beekeepers? Look before you leap - beekeeping. The UK is home to thousands of beekeepers. Tracking down the exact number is impossible; not every beekeeper is registered…

8 Oct 17 Walrus

What they don’t tell you…

I am going to write about some things which I have found surprising since taking up beekeeping. It could be that I did not talk to the right people or read the right books, but for whatever reason, these are…