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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…
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’…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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