Mistakes!
In beekeeping, as in life, everybody makes mistakes. Even bees occasionally make them. The hard part is owning up to
Bees, Bubbles and Business
Until three years ago most of my working life had been about finance in one form or another. I started
Visit to French Hill Apiaries
I noticed that Vermont beekeeper Mike Palmer has now got a website, so here are some notes from my visit
Bees need a holiday too!
Last October I was in Northern California to interview Ray Olivarez of Olivarez Honey Bees. It took a fair bit
Ups and downs of 2018
As Confucius almost certainly once said, “It’s the Yin and Yang, innit?” in answer to questions about why life is
Defeating the Monster
Yesterday I treated all of my hives with oxalic acid vapour using a Sublimox device plugged into a generator. The
Bee Farmers: What do you fear?
Extracts from my interviews with bee farmers about the main threats to their livelihood
Making money, Honey
What’s my plan? Well, since you ask, I shall enlighten you. I am not a commercial beekeeper. The main reason
Bee a Botanist!
This beekeeping malarky is not a simple matter of putting bees in a box and leaving them alone; far from
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics
I recently read a ludicrous article on BBC News, “Can Listening to Bees help save them – and us?” which
Happy to be a Brit
As I write this, the bells of Big Ben are chiming across London Town as part of the Remembrance Day