heather honey – The Walrus and the Honey Bee

Summer’s Lease Hath all too Short a Date

27th September 202512th August 2019 by Steve Donohoe

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date (William Shakespeare, from Sonnet 18) The End is Nigh Strange as it may seem, we are approaching the end of the beekeeping … Read more

Inconsistency

27th September 202529th September 2018 by Steve Donohoe

Firstly, my dear Dad died last week. Apart from being a Dad, which is a pretty big thing to be, he was a loyal reader of this blog. Dads are meant to be supportive of their son’s endeavours, and mine was. I know that he learned a bit about bees and enjoyed some of my … Read more