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Beekeeper’s Notes: Don’t Kill Our Native Hornets Terrifying Though They Can Seem
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon I don’t know whether you have ever seen a hornet close up. They are huge, about half the size of your thumb. To see…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Bees Have Feelings Too
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon “Bees can count, recognise images of human faces and learn simple tool use and abstract concepts,” says Lars Chittka, professor of sensory and behavioural…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Bees Are Bringing In Nectar By The Box Load
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The summer flow is on now and the bees are bringing in nectar by the box load. Two of our strong hives have foraged…
Beekeeper’s Notes: New Broom Sweeping Clean In The Apairy
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon There is a change in our household. My (very definitely) better half is getting more involved in the Coakley bees and the new broom…
Beekeeper’s Notes: I’ve Joined The Ranks Of The Umarell Looking Down Holes In The Road
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is still quiet on the beekeeping front. There was some excitement when the roof was blown off a hive in the garden. The…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Size Doesn’t Matter (Says Study Into Gardens)
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon January is another quiet month for beekeepers. The bees are all hunkered down with the cold weather. And, just as they have been doing…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Thoughts On Varroa Treatment And Of An Extraordinary Man
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is the time of year for varroa treatment again. Varroa, a tiny mite which lives off honeybee adults and larvae, arrived in the…
Beekeeper’s Notes: The Bees Are Keeping Each Other Warm
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon All very quiet on the bee front at this time of year. It’s too cold for them to fly so we don’t see them…
Beekeeper’s Notes: It’s Been A funny Old Year
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon Every year around this time I find myself reflecting on the beekeeping year that’s gone. There isn’t much to do as the bees are…
Beekeeper’s Notes: The Swarm That Decided To Leave
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The “little surprise” that turned up on the allotment last month, a small swarm with a laying queen, decided that it wasn’t for them…
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