The Fight Continues
Winter is nearly over It won't be long until spring has sprung and beekeepers across the land start to open hives and assess how their bees did over the winter. I could be more cynical than the average walrus, but…
Tag: winter losses
Pigs on the Wing
Piglets at 2-3 weeks old Many beekeepers in the UK are in the process of removing supers and extracting their honey. The summer is nearly over, queens are laying less, and the bees are beginning to arrange their nests for…
Zillions of other Beekeepers!
A Honeybee Even though I live in a densely populated country, there are plenty of rural places to escape to, and these are the places that I keep my bees. I'm not keen on the idea of having bees in…
When the going gets tough…
Hives in Winter Image above copyright Mariusz Nikiciuk Here in the UK, and particularly in my corner of our emerald isle, we are accustomed to some unpleasant weather, mostly of the wet kind. A couple of years ago I picked up…
Bee Armageddon?
Typically, when I tell somebody that I am a beekeeper I get a big smile, then I get told how wonderful it is that I’m doing my bit to save the bees, because they are really struggling at the moment…