a rainbow over the Kyles of Bute in tighnabruaich

Aging Is Good For The Ego

Rainbow over the Kyles of Bute I used to think that 60 yrs is quite old, but now that 2023 has arrived – the year in which I will have been alive for six decades (hopefully) – I’m thinking that…
Happy New Year graphic 2022

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2022 Thanks to everybody who reads this blog. I enjoy writing it and sharing whatever is exercising my tiny grey cells at the time of writing. I still suffer from some lingering COVID symptoms, but they seem…
Steve Donohoe in his bee suit

Elvis Method (My Way)

Walrus in a bee suit If beekeeping were an Olympic sport, I would not be on the podium receiving a gleaming gold medal whilst listening to 'God Save The Walrus' and trying to hold back tears of joy. Hopefully, I…
Apis mellifera mellifera rear view showing abdomen

Apis Musings by Walrus

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apis_mellifera_mellifera,_06.jpg I've been thinking about bees and beekeeping. Most people who know me have figured out that bees occupy 95% of my brain, although other things sometimes make an appearance. Arsenal FC once took up much more brain than it…
Clover field - Canterbury Pains

Q&A plus old Buckfast Pics

I've been under the weather recently so haven't managed to post anything for a while. Here's a little bit of me answering questions after a bee talk: https://youtu.be/eZff_8ASDnE?t=233 Hopefully I'll be firing on all cylinders soon - I've got some…
brussels sprouts

To Sprout or Not?

Brussels sprouts I realise that I may be unusual in this, but I'm not a massive fan of social media. I'm a 'baby boomer' with two kids of the 'millennial' generation and one who is 'Generation Z'. I'm cool with…
Steve Donohoe with a frame of honey 2020

The Mighty Pen

The author with a frame of honey When Richelieu said, "The pen is mightier than the sword," in Cardinal Richelieu (a play by Bulwer-Lytton in 1839) he was in a bit of a pickle. As a man of the cloth,…