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Beekeeper’s Notes September 2018: Don’t Save The Bee?
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about bees battling wasps and thoughts on saving individual bees. As every year, the wasps are at it again. Their colonies are closing down…
Beekeeper’s Notes August 2018: Bees To The Workhouse
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. It’s always nice to see how other beekeepers manage their bees, especially in odd locations. We often hear about bees in the country or the success of urban…
Beekeeper’s Notes July 2018: Heatwave Harvest On The Horizon?
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. A good month – the honesty of Guildfordians has been proved and the fantastic weather could be producing a bumper honey crop this year.…
Beekeeper’s Notes June 2018: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet…
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about the amazing speed of the tiny honey bee. Sitting in the apiary the other week in the nice weather, it was very pleasant to see the…
Beekeeper’s Notes May 2018: ‘Long Live The Queen’ But She Has To Go
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He queries his bees political leanings; when they depose the queen, are they republicans or carrying out a palace coup? And what to do with a much misunderstood queen. In between…
Beekeeper’s Notes April 2018: It’s All Kicking Off Again
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about the new season starting again. It’s has been a lovely, seasonal month. ‘In like a lion and out like a lamb’…
Beekeeper’s Notes March 2018: Hayfever And Honey
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about whether local honey can help hayfever sufferers. Does local honey cure hayfever? There are different views ranging from the sceptical ‘No, it’s…
Beekeeper’s Notes February 2018: All For One And One For All
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about the lack of ego-trips in a hive. It’s been nice and cold over the last few weeks so the bees are…
Beekeeper’s Notes January 2018: ‘Meat Seeking Missiles’
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In the latest of his monthly notes, he talks about launching bee hives at the enemy, the state of play in the apiary and…
Beekeeper’s Notes December 2017: B Plus For Learning
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about how new research is forcing us to look at bees in a completely new way. At last the weather is seasonally cold…
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