Treatment Free
Photo by Maja Dumat - CC BY 2.0 The July 2022 issue of the BBKA…
Category: Keeping Your Bees Alive
Beekeeping is really about keeping your bees alive. If you can’t manage to do that, you don’t have bees. It is not as easy to be successful as some people think and the learning curve is steep.
Importance of Winter Oxalic
Oxalic acid The point of this article is to encourage beekeepers to carry out mite…
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.
Alternative Points Of View
Walrus Honey is delicious! An era of populism, conspiracy theories, idiotic social media clickbait and…
Learning from Nature
Source: American Bee Journal At the recent autumn convention of Cheshire Beekeepers' Association, Professor Tom…
News from UK and CA
Travels for 'Interviews with Beekeepers' Many people, myself included, find spring to be their favourite…
In The Wars
red blood cells I've been in the wars lately, which is why I haven't written…
The Fight Continues
Winter is nearly over It won't be long until spring has sprung and beekeepers across…
Charting Brood Breaks
Following on from my article about using brood breaks to help with varroa management, I'm…
Brood Breaks to Control Varroa
Varroa Mite (https://aristabeeresearch.org/varroa/) Varroa mites have been a big problem for honey bees in most…
Zoom!
This week I did a Zoom talk for the Suffolk beekeepers, which was fun. Well,…
Pigs on the Wing
Piglets at 2-3 weeks old Many beekeepers in the UK are in the process of…