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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: Bees Must Adjust To The Early Seasons
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon Isn’t the weather lovely! Cold at night but dry and sunny during the day. The bees are enjoying it as well, flying whenever they…
Beekeeper’s Notes: The Astonishing Chelsea Flower Show
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon My better half and I had a trip to the Chelsea Flower Show last week. Not being much of a gardener, my observations were…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Wasps On The Rampage Again
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…
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 August 2016: ‘Barefoot’ Beekeeping
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In this month’s Beekeeper’s Notes, he talks about a hive that had been abandoned for years and the pros and cons of the bees doing their own…
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