Life With The Bees Throughout The Year Blog

Upsizing a bee hive

Upsizing a bee hive

The bees in the green box are using 6 frames which is now too small for the queen to lay more eggs and store honey - look at the fresh...

Upsizing a bee hive

The bees in the green box are using 6 frames which is now too small for the queen to lay more eggs and store honey - look at the fresh...

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

After a few days confinement due to poor weather bees will make the best of any sunny interludes, no matter how brief, to swarm. The picture shows a big swarm...

The One That Got Away

After a few days confinement due to poor weather bees will make the best of any sunny interludes, no matter how brief, to swarm. The picture shows a big swarm...

Queen Bees Go All Out

Queen Bees Go All Out

At this time of year (early June) queen bees are laying eggs at a prodigious rate. This frame  that I'm holding has most of the cells sealed by worker bees 9...

Queen Bees Go All Out

At this time of year (early June) queen bees are laying eggs at a prodigious rate. This frame  that I'm holding has most of the cells sealed by worker bees 9...

Asian hornets

Asian hornets

  4 Asian Hornets Hawking bunch of scared bees Slo Mo HD Video.mp4     Asian hornets are still a threat to honeybees in this country. Judging by the number...

Asian hornets

  4 Asian Hornets Hawking bunch of scared bees Slo Mo HD Video.mp4     Asian hornets are still a threat to honeybees in this country. Judging by the number...

Pollen allergy sufferers and local honey

Pollen allergy sufferers and local honey

On the face of it local honey shouldn't ease grass pollen allergy symptoms because bees do not habitually collect grass pollen although a relatively tiny amount could incidentally be brought...

Pollen allergy sufferers and local honey

On the face of it local honey shouldn't ease grass pollen allergy symptoms because bees do not habitually collect grass pollen although a relatively tiny amount could incidentally be brought...

Bees return to one of their favourite spots

Bees return to one of their favourite spots

It may not look very promising, but this disused sewage plant is a great spot for the bees to collect lots of nectar from the local area. It used to...

Bees return to one of their favourite spots

It may not look very promising, but this disused sewage plant is a great spot for the bees to collect lots of nectar from the local area. It used to...