By Hugh Coakley The Lord made the bees And the bees made honey The Lord made man And man made money Did the English folk song get it right? Are…
February 1, 2016 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley from Worplesdon continues his monthly series with a set of stunning photos of bees taken throughout the seasons. I thought that it would be a good idea to take…
January 1, 2016 / 2 Comments / Read MoreHugh Coakley, from Worplesdon, writes about what bees get up to in the winter! People often ask if honey bees hibernate during the winter. Well, the simple answer is that…
December 1, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley writes about the astounding distances that bees fly and how our sleuth academics have worked it out. It isn’t often that we have the pleasure of meeting and…
November 1, 2015 / 2 Comments / Read MoreA Mite Troubling. Hugh Coakley writes about the mite that breeds and feeds on the poor beleaguered honeybee. Something very nasty is going on in our beehives. It is hard to spot…
October 1, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreDrones Over Guildford In this month’s Beekeeper’s Notes, Hugh Coakley talks about exploding genitalia and being eaten by wasps, all part of the highs and lows in the life of…
September 1, 2015 / 3 Comments / Read MoreThe first time you see a beehive opened in front of you is a memorable experience. It is certainly one us beekeepers remember. Reactions can be a mixture of surprise…
August 3, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreSo Much Owed To So Many By So Few In the latest in a series of Hugh Coakley’s Beekeeper’s Notes, he writes about harvesting honey. It’s about now when beekeepers around the…
August 1, 2015 / 2 Comments / Read MoreBees Dying By The Hundred! In the latest in a series of Hugh Coakley’s Beekeeper’s Notes, he writes about one of the disease problems that bee colonies face. American scientists recently reported that planet…
July 3, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreThe Queen is dead – Long live the honeybee queen In the second of beekeeper Hugh Coakley’s diary notes he describes how honeybees work only for the best interests of their colony, not the queen.…
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