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Beekeeper’s Notes: The Honey Keeps On Coming and Mysteriously, I’m Wearing Hats
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is the time of year when the kitchen is turned upside down for a couple of days as the spring honey is extracted.…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Knowing Bees are Sentient Changes How We Must Treat Them
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon People generally fear bees. There is a horror of being stung or, to use the current emotive word, swarmed by angry bees. If you…
Beekeeper’s Notes: ‘Yes, We Have a Stoughton and Worplesdon Swarm Collector!’
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon There were swarms galore on the first warm day of the year a couple of weeks ago. We had three phone calls within about…
Beekeeper’s Notes: They’re All At It Again
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It’s that time of year again. Birds and the bees are gearing up for the annual mating heave to keep their species going, same…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Bees Can Be Cannibals When They Must, Just Like Humans
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon Cannibalism is regarded with horror and fascination by humans but the wider animal kingdom is less troubled by this most fundamental survival strategy. We…
Beekeeper’s Notes: How Dare We Kill Insects in the Name of Commercial Interest
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The government has given “emergency authorisation” to allow the banned neonicotinoid pesticide, deadly to bees, bumble bees and insects, on this year’s sugar beet…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Why Bees Are Important
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon I’ve had a lovely email from 13-year-old Nat Sutton who lives in Guildford. He is doing a research project at school called “Do we…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Bees Live Four Times Longer In The Winter
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is probably the quietest time of the year for beekeepers. The bees are prepared for the winter, plenty of honey stores, a dry…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Spectacular Autumn Is Here And A Caterpillar Being Eaten By Fly Maggots
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The weather is drawing in, shorter days and a little bit colder and wetter. Just what we would expect and even hope for at…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Annual Debate On When The Central Heating Gets Turned On Starts
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The annual debate between wifes and husbands about when to turn on the central heating was triggered by the sudden drop in temperature at…
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