Murray McGregor – Page 2 – The Walrus and the Honey Bee

Birthday Review of the Year

As I slump in my incredibly comfortable La Z Boy chair in front of my super amazing iMac computer, I can still feel the bulk of my birthday meal progressing steadily through my walrus body. That meal was yesterday, and…

14 Mar 18 Walrus

At Least I’m not Starved of Metaphors

Baby Walrus Gosh, I've been running around like a blue-arsed fly, a headless chicken, a striped ass ape…[insert favourite metaphor here]…which is not how your average walrus likes to be. We are sedentary creatures. We like to muse, and ponder,…

13 Feb 18 Walrus

You are what you eat!

Honey Bee collecting pollen from willow It’s been a while since my last blog post, so sorry to anybody who has been struggling to get through their days without hearing about life, the universe, and bees from this corner of…

14 Jan 18 Walrus

The Eternal Question

2013 Swarm How to prevent swarming? I previously wrote about some potential factors involved in the swarming of honey bees and why swarm prevention and control are so important for the beekeeper. The idea that we can prevent swarms is…

2 Dec 17 Walrus

The Queen of Queens of Blairgowrie

Jolanta with a Walrus One of the great pleasures that I derive from writing my book “Interviews with Beekeepers” is meeting the people that work with honey bees. Everybody that I have talked to on my travels so far clearly…

25 Nov 17 Walrus

Meeting Mr McGregor

Hives ready for winter In preparation for my latest interview with another legend of beekeeping I decided to have a hair cut. Samli’s is a gents hairdressing establishment run by an engaging 59 year old from North Africa who I…

19 Nov 17 Walrus

I’ll be in Scotland afore ye

Map of Scotland I only have a small group of friends, most of whom really started out as my wife’s friends and I adopted them, but there is one chap who I found all by myself. He is the only…