It seems so long since I wrote my last post but I literally have just had no time to write an update! Between working, beekeeping and other activities I feel like I need more hours in the day at the … Continue reading
“There’s gold in them thar Hills Hives !” As the field of OSR that my hives are next to has gone over (finished flowering) and turned from bright yellow to a shade of green it was time to check and extract the honey … Continue reading
Last time I wrote about carrying out the Demaree manipulation on my five strongest hives. This is the progress so far on those hives. I took a day off work last Friday as it was a glorious weather and I … Continue reading
It was D-Day for the strongest of my hives on Saturday. D being for Demaree, the swarm prevention (or at least delay) method that I currently use. The strongest of my hives (five in total) in the field apiary that … Continue reading
With the great weather over the weekend I was able to get round to full inspections on my hives and catch up with the tasks I wanted to perform including cleaning the rest of the floors on the hives and … Continue reading
It seems like we have had a very short Spring time this year, later than normal, and now the temperatures are rising and it may be the start of Summer already. At least that is what it feels like looking … Continue reading
It has been a long drawn out winter and even when we thought it was over. along came a surprise in the form of last big snow fall or at least snow drift! Even just getting to one of my … Continue reading
As promised in my last post I wanted to give an update on the current state of my hives and some news about my honey. The first news is that the Cawthorne Local Village Shop is now stocking my Yorkshirebees … Continue reading
I say Mad because it has been such a busy month that only now have I had time to sit down and write an update to my blog! As soon as the warm weather started my phone started to ring … Continue reading
I have almost given up looking at the weather forecast, it never seems to be that accurate at the moment! If I remember correctly the forecast I looked at said it would be a max of 12 degs C on … Continue reading
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