Summer’s Lease Hath all too Short a Date
William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and…
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.
Let’s Keep Some Perspective
Pollen even in Winter Losing sleep about bees Beekeepers, especially those new to the noble art, get anxious…
Defeating the Monster
Randy Oliver's Varroa Model Yesterday I treated all of my hives with oxalic acid vapour…
The “Fall Four” by sassafrasbeefarm — Beekeeping365
Here’s a repost from last year. I find it timely especially for those new at…
Important Varroa Research
I have just been directed to this by hivemaker on the beekeeping forum (Peter Little)…
Managing the Mighty Mites
Gosh, it's been a long time since I wrote a blog post. Perhaps I have…
Interesting view from Stateside on feeding
via Honey Bee Feeding Considerations during Nectar Dearth
Velutina has a touch of Latina
Main image Penelope Cruz, (c) Getty from here On my recent trip to Brittany, I…
When the going gets tough…
Image above copyright Mariusz Nikiciuk Here in the UK, and particularly in my corner of our…
At Least I’m not Starved of Metaphors
Gosh, I've been running around like a blue-arsed fly, a headless chicken, a striped ass…
You are what you eat!
It’s been a while since my last blog post, so sorry to anybody who has…
How very Vulgar
As we are now in the middle of the summer holiday season there are plenty…