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Saturday was a mixed bag for me. After a demoralising thumping 4-2 by relegated Reading over Fulham, I wanted to see how the bees were doing with the Snelgrove board. My first impressions were how calm the bees were. “This Snelgrove board is really doing the trick”, I proudly thought to myself. Then I realised how […]
This Sunday surely signalled the broken back of Winter, and Spring temperatures are here. A full 18 degrees, and sun most of the day! You can sense it in the bees activity too. Last week I talked about wax, and a little about the male “drone” bees. During the week, I inadvertently left a small gap at […]
These days, most people focus on honey as the harvestable product of a hive. However back in the old days… beeswax was the main thing people wanted to harvest. Monks in particular were big beekeepers, to make their churches light, and smell nice with beeswax candles. The cheaper alternative was candles made from animal fat, […]
Now mid-November, the majority of hive preparation should be complete. The days are cooler, darker, windier, and wetter – the opposite of the beehive favourite. During autumn and winter, the bees stay inside the warm & dry hive, with their honey stores, and wait out the cooler weather. Mice too, would like a warm and […]