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My March

27th September 20255th March 2020 by Steve Donohoe
Lanzarote Coastline showing cacti and sea

I have been keeping a low profile of late because I have a touch of walrus flu. I don’t think it’s anything exciting like that Covid-19, but who knows? A couple of weeks ago I got back from the gym feeling decidedly green about the whiskers, and since then I’ve been a bit off. Given … Read more

Categories Seasonal Management Tags Bee viruses, Beework in Spring, fondant, interviews with beekeepers Leave a comment

Bee Farmers: What do you fear?

27th September 202511th December 2018 by Steve Donohoe
coronavirus graphic

Extracts from my interviews with bee farmers about the main threats to their livelihood

Categories Hive Health & Diseases Tags asian hornet, bee farmers, Bee viruses, Michael Palmer, Murray McGregor, Peter Little, Richard Noel, threats to bees, Varroa 1 Comment

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