Supercedure and too many supers
For the first time I have 2 queens running side by side in one of my hives. I was looking through my hive the other day and saw the queen and was quite happy that she was doing well, this… (READ MORE)
Beexwax polish
Last year I made some beeswax polish. After a while I managed to sell it. People really liked it and asked for more. So this year, from my cappings wax haul, I decided I would make some more. Beeswax Recipe… (READ MORE)
Busy Busy Busy
Its that time of the year when its harvesting and hard work, and the interest in bees becomes a bit of a burden. Trying to keep up with moving hives and rotating supers to spin the honey off to give… (READ MORE)
Queen-tastic
Hooray ! The queen from my early queen rearing exploits has been mated and is laying. My first (purposeful) queen-reared queen. My first green queen of the year, marked and clipped. She has a big golden abdomen, far larger than… (READ MORE)
Yalding Bee Fayre
http://beefayre.yaldingbeekeepers.co.uk/ I am going to this next weekend (May 11th 2013), taking one of my little boys to enjoy the attractions and then seeing what I can get at the auction. It was good just as an auction when I… (READ MORE)