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Your First Honey Bees

Poly nucs in autumn. They move into hives next year. How do you get your first bees? The Intolerance of Humans Newcomers to beekeeping will soon discover that there are rival factions in our ranks. One might expect that we…

boats and reflections on water in tighnabruaich

4 Oct 21 Walrus

Whatever Floats Your Boat

Floating boats Countless beekeepers are offering their thoughts and opinions on all manner of things (I'm one of them). There are books galore, not to mention Facebook and YouTube. Hence, as with so much modern life, the challenge is information…

30 Sep 20 Walrus

Local Bees?

Sister Queens (same mother) There are some confusing messages out there in beekeeper-land regarding bee types, imports and so forth. In a world where the news that gets picked up is the one delivered in the loudest voice, sometimes accepted…