Monthly Archives: August 2012

A few weeks ago I was alamed to see what I thought was a hornet showing interest in my colony. But it turned out to be a very large, yellow and red, fly. However this morning I did see a real … Continue reading →

After all the recent excitement with the hive swarming and then their lack of a laying queen it seems as if those clever little bees have sorted everything out with a new laying queen. The hive now has two full … Continue reading →

My swarm was introduced into their top bar hive (horizontal) 8 weeks ago and, despite the bad weather, they seem to be happy, busy, taking pollen in and growing.  Two weeks ago I saw groups of about 40 bees hovering near the … Continue reading →