Budding Cottage

Before I went over to check the new hives on Thursday morning, I checked my apiary.  After Dave Sutton’s visit on Tuesday I had carried out a Wednesday morning Pagden on my Gloucester bees (the 6 frame nuc that I got in early May) because they had built about 6 queen cells (more cobbling together […]

After night time manoeuvres moving two hives into the orchard late at night, on Thursday morning I took a poll of a couple of beekeepers and instead of leaving the bees to settle, thought I would have a looksee so that I knew what was happening in the hive.  I was worried because one felt […]

As a beginner, it was with a small amount of trepidation and some excitement that I greeted the chance of having the LAN group come and visit my little apiary, and to meet the fabled Dave Sutton, Regional Bee Inspector. Hive B: We started by looking at the swarm I captured from Malvern on 8 […]