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Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon Beekeepers are talking about the first inspection of the hives after the winter. It won’t be for a couple of weeks yet. It’s still…
March 1, 2021 / No Comment / Read More
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is a quiet time of the year for bees and beekeepers. The current talk is about how our colonies are doing in the…
February 1, 2021 / No Comment / Read More
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon I spent a couple of hours today (December 29) online at the sales of a long established beekeeping equipment company, Thornes. Some of the…
January 1, 2021 / No Comment / Read More
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon A tenuous link coming up, with a couple of things from last week. I was looking at a plastic spout that had come adrift…
December 1, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read More
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It’s a very quiet time of the beekeeping year. Time for a bit of reading and a report from the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew…
November 1, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read More
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon I still find it a wonder to see the golden liquid coursing from the extractor when we harvest the honey from our hives. The…
October 1, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read More
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The wasps are at it again. Desperate for food in the last knockings of their short existence, they are investigating anything sweet and sticky…
September 1, 2020 / No Comment / Read More
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It isn’t the reason why most people keep bees but having the honey at the end of the season does help. And the amount…
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Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon Bees were hitting the headlines in the past month with news that emerging queens were tooting and quacking to communicate with the worker bees.…
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Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It’s been a funny year so far. Sunshine well above average with April in the running for the sunniest since Met Office records began…
June 1, 2020 / 1 Comment / Read More
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