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Beekeeper’s Notes: A little Surprise Turns Up On The Allotment
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon One of the great pleasures of beekeeping is the unexpected. A colony you are convinced has no queen suddenly starts to produce brood. A…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Weather, Feeding Bees And Identifying Bumble Bees
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to the summer starting. Wimbledon is here so it won’t be during the tennis.…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Starving Hive Is A Horrible Sight
By Hugh Coakley It’s a horrible thing to see a hive starving. Dead bees on the floor, others with their heads deep into the comb seeking the last of the…
Beekeeper’s Notes: What To Do about A Disappearing Queen
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It hasn’t been a good month for our bees. It’s not going to be a good honey year as we have lost another hive.…
Beekeeper’s Notes: A Surprise In The Hive
Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The beekeeper’s season has well and truly started. The first hive inspections of the year are a bit nerve wracking. You don’t quite know…
Beekeeper’s Notes: The Weatherman Says Spring Is Here
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…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Critical Time For Bees
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…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Bargain Hunt
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…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Link Between The Wonder Of Plastics And Guildford Association’s Chairman
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…
Beekeeper’s Notes: Honey Better Than Antibiotics And David Beckham Takes Up Beekeeping
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…
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