common wasp close up showing face
20 Aug 17 Walrus

How very Vulgar

Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris), queen As we are now in the middle of the summer holiday season there are plenty of opportunities to use my word for the day, “vulgar”. What a delicious word. Just saying it makes my walrus…
Pests and Diseases
Bruce Lee enter the dragon
13 Aug 17 Walrus

Enter the Beekeeper

To me, the bee season never seems to last very long. I’m already thinking about winter holidays and it’s still August. Perhaps this has something to do with all the rain we have had in my area over the last…
Pests and Diseases
push in cage made from wire mesh
6 Aug 17 Walrus

Total Body Workout

push in cage made from wire mesh There is an ancient symbiotic relationship between the walrus and the honeybee. We have all heard the expression, “float like a walrus, sting like a bee”, and this bond has been forged over…
Queen Rearing
90 year human life in weeks - graph
17 Jul 17 Walrus

Another sweet week goes by

Recently I visited waitbutwhy.com and downloaded a sobering document. I’m sober anyway, not having touched the product of yeast + sugar for many years, but this document jolts me into full clarity of mind. Laser focused sobriety. That could be…
Honey
3 frame polystyrene nucleus hive
26 Jun 17 Walrus

A sneaky couple of nucs in the garden

I live beside a main road in South Manchester and, despite high panelled fences and a monstous privet hedge, I am very aware of the presence of neighbours on all sides. I like them. Neighbours I mean. They all seem to have small children whereas mine are adults now. Perhaps I am meant to have moved away, to the place where older people go, but for now I'm standing my ground... (click title for full post)
Steve Donohoe