After the hard work of harvesting and extracting the summer honey crop, followed by tidying up the resulting sticky mess, it is rather pleasant to have a little break from beekeeping. We add the pungent pads of Formic Pro to brood boxes at the same time as we remove cleared honey supers, and they are … Read more
Who knows if this will be of any interest to anyone, but hey, I’m going to write about what we have been up to this winter and our plans for the new season. That kicks off for us in three weeks. As I write this, Wales have just lost to Italy in the rugby, which … Read more
It’s quite alarming how much honey and wax I used to lose before I purchased my Dana Api-Melter from Swienty. That particular piece of equipment is not cheap; a statement which applies to pretty well all the various machinery that can go into a honey extraction facility. How much? Well, mind your beeswax! Luckily, I … Read more
I often like to have some theme for my blog posts, but today I’m just writing whatever pops into my head. There are lots of things to say about bees, but after a while, it can get a bit stale. Bees are fascinating insects, and most beekeepers tend to be obsessed with them, but to … Read more