learning from the best – The Walrus and the Honey Bee

Cause and Effect

How do we learn the noble art of beekeeping? I suppose it’s a combination of practice and theory, bolstered by reading books, chatting to others, attending courses and so on. I doubt that I am the only beekeeper who occasionally…

a rainbow over the Kyles of Bute in tighnabruaich

2 Jan 23 Walrus

Aging Is Good For The Ego

Rainbow over the Kyles of Bute I used to think that 60 yrs is quite old, but now that 2023 has arrived – the year in which I will have been alive for six decades (hopefully) – I’m thinking that…

Steve Donohoe with Frame of Sealed Brood

20 Aug 19 Walrus

Pragmatism or Xenophobia?

Frame of Sealed Brood Beekeeping is Local Maybe I am naive or just positive and optimistic, but I'm sure that to many people I have some dangerously liberal ideas. For a start, I deliberately travelled all over the place to…

14 Oct 18 Walrus

7 Lessons from Beekeepers

I have been lucky enough to meet, interview, hang out with and in some cases work with people who have kept bees for most of their lives, and who are at the top of their game. Surely even I, a…