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Beekeeper’s Notes: We Must Go Chemical Free ‘If Not Now, Then When?’
By Hugh Coakley, who keeps bees in Worplesdon Many people are shocked to learn that beekeepers routinely treat their bees with chemicals. They expect bees to be entirely natural. But…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Technology In The Hive
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon We hear about the internet of things in the workplace and in the home. Not surprisingly and not before time, it is spreading slowly…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Local Honey, Cheese And Wine Sampling And Free Talks At Spike ’19
By Hugh Coakley, who keeps bees in Worplesdon Spike ’19 is a food event where you have a chance to taste the amazing variety of local honeys, all from Guildford…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Shaking Bees To Re-House Them
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. There are some beekeeping techniques that can seem a bit drastic. A method called ‘shook swarm’, which is vigorously shaking bees into a new…
Beekeeper’s Notes March 2019: Bees Back In Early Action
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. The beautifully warm if unseasonal weather has brought the honey bees out in force. We are just starting to see the bumblebee queens emerging…
Beekeeper’s Notes February 2019: Wartime Book On Bees Shows Life Goes On
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. Winter is a quiet period for beekeepers. The bees are surviving the cold snap by clustering together to keep warm and by eating their…
Beekeeper’s Notes; Compostable Plastic – Good or Bad?
by Hugh Coakley, beekeeper in Worplesdon It’s seasonally cold now and the bees are clustering together in the hive to keep warm. They don’t venture out below 8C to 10C…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Momentous Changes To Come
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He forecasts momentous changes in beekeeping in what otherwise has been a craft which has only gently bumped forward into the 20th century. Change…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Why Even Guildford Has Such A Variety Of Honeys
By Hugh Coakley Before I started keeping bees, I thought that honey was more or less the same wherever you got it. Oh foolish person! Little did I know that there was…
Beekeeper’s Notes Extra: Asian Hornet Sighting In Guildford
by Hugh Coakley As reported last year (Beekeeper’s Notes April ’17; Foreign Invaders from Europe), the fear of an invasion of the Asian hornet is one step closer with a…
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