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Steve Donohoe, Author of "Interviews with Beekeepers"

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30 Apr 20 Walrus

How’s your Dronage?

Drone: Makro Freak/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5) Drones are awesome. Everyone should love them, but…
Raising Your Own Queen Bees
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21 Apr 20 Walrus

Any Beekeeper can make Queens

Queen honeybee by @squgcreative You don't even need to be able to graft larvae to…
Raising Your Own Queen Bees
Stay Home Sign in Manchester
10 Apr 20 Walrus

Lockdown, Neonics and Queens

Source: Manchester Evening News OK, so we've been in lockdown for a while now. I…
Importing Bees - Good or Bad?, Raising Your Own Queen Bees
Bee Hive and Smoker
6 Apr 20 Walrus

What do you want?

Bee Hive and Smoker I need a new project! I'm thinking of doing one particular…
Beekeeping
A Honeybee
3 Apr 20 Walrus

Zillions of other Beekeepers!

A Honeybee Even though I live in a densely populated country, there are plenty of…
Honey Stats
24 Mar 20 Walrus

Spring has Sprung

Image by Brent Connelly from Pixabay Spring is my favourite season, and spring has sprung…
Springtime
Interviews with Beekeepers Cover
15 Mar 20 Walrus

Getting Creative

Interviews with Beekeepers Cover I am no literary academic and don't know how much of…
Interviews With Beekeepers
Lanzarote Coastline
5 Mar 20 Walrus

My March

Lanzarote Coastline I have been keeping a low profile of late because I have a…
Beekeepers and the Weather
Mr & Mrs W taking a break in Argyll
18 Feb 20 Walrus

Give us a Break

Mr & Mrs W taking a break in Argyll Somebody asked me yesterday, "what makes…
Keeping Your Bees Alive
Polystyrene Nucs (Denrosa Apiaries)
4 Feb 20 Walrus

Nucleus Power!

Polystyrene Nucs (Denrosa Apiaries) A nucleus hive, customarily called a "nuc" is just a little…
Nucleus Hives
Demaree Method
22 Jan 20 Walrus

Demaree

Demaree Method Many very experienced beekeepers in the UK advocate using the Demaree Method of…
How do I stop Bees Swarming?
Walrus on a bee
16 Jan 20 Walrus

Soul Walrus

Walrus on a bee We recently took delivery of a piano. My wife saw it…
Bees and Mental Health

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