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Simple Apiary Hygiene for Hobby Beekeepers
The purpose of this blog is to show a simple approach to apiary hygiene for hobby beekeepers. ...
Cleaning & Sterilisation for small-scale beekeepers – Part Three – Recovering Wax & Frames
Cleaning & sterilisation for small-scale beekeepers – Part three – Wax & Frame Recovery This...
Cleaning & sterilisation for small-scale beekeepers – Part Two – Assessing Brood Frames
Cleaning & sterilisation for small-scale beekeepers – Part Two – Assessing Brood...
Cleaning & Sterilisation for small-scale beekeepers – Part One – Equipment
Cleaning & sterilisation for small-scale beekeepers – Part One – Equipment Although it is not...
Plants for Bees Gallery
Plants for Bees Gallery The aim of this blog is to enable access to my “Plants for Bees” gallery. ...
Pollen Identification Gallery for Hobby Beekeepers
Pollen Identification Gallery for Hobby Beekeepers The aim of this blog is to explain and provide...
Simple Varroa management for small-scale beekeepers
Simple Varroa management for small-scale beekeepers In this blog I would like to describe a...
How marking and clipping queens has improved my beekeeping skills
How marking and clipping queens has improved my beekeeping skills I found developing the skills of...
Simple Oxalic Acid trickling method for the management of Varroa
A simple Oxalic Acid trickling method for the small-scale beekeeper This blog describes a simplified...
Simple wax processing for a small-scale beekeeper
Simple wax processing for a small-scale beekeeper In this blog I would like to describe a simple...
Winter hive preparation
Winter hive preparation As autumn comes to an end, winter hive preparation takes place. Hives have...
Hive frame sterilisation using boiling cleaning soda solution
Hive frame sterilisation with boiling washing soda solution This blog describes a simple process for...
Simple hygienic honey processing for a small-scale beekeeper – Part 3 heat treatment
Heat treatment during honey processing for a small-scale beekeeper This is the third blog in a...
Simple hygienic honey processing for a small-scale beekeeper – part 2 jarring honey
Simple hygienic jarring of honey for a small-scale beekeeper This is the second blog in a series of...
Simple hygienic honey processing for a small-scale beekeeper – part 1 extraction
Simple hygienic extraction of honey for a small-scale beekeeper This blog is the first in a series...
Transfer of first grafted queen cells of the season into apideas mating hives
Transfer of first grafted queen cells of the season into apidea mating hives After grafting larvae...
Apis mellifera mellifera – using DNA testing to establish honey bee ancestry
Apis mellifera mellifera – using DNA testing to establish honey bee ancestry Results of DNA testing...
Pollen Microscopy – taking a closer look at spring forage
Pollen Microscopy – taking a closer look at spring forage This weekend I have been using pollen...
First supers of the season go on as colonies build up and Oil seed Rape starts to flower
First supers go on as colonies build up and Oil Seed Rape starts to flower The warm weather of last...
Why do Honey Bees Forage for Water?
Why do honey bees forage for water? There are three main reasons why honey bees forage for water...
How to collect a sample of honey bees for adult disease analysis
How to collect a sample of honey bees for disease analysis The following method outlines a simple...
First Colony Inspection of the Season – “Yellow 5” made it through the winter!
First Colony Inspection of the Season – “Yellow 5” made it through the winter! It was 12 Degree C...
Bee Breeding – Why do I put Characteristics before Ancestry?
Bee Breeding – Why do I put Characteristics before Ancestry? I recently performed wing morphology on...
Wing Morphology – How Native are my Bees?
Wing Morphology – How native are my bees? In the spring of last year, I decided to investigate...
Identifying the white pollen my bees are foraging
Identifying the white pollen my bees are foraging Went on a mission today to identify the mystery...
Bees break cluster and actively foraging but more cold weather on its way
Bees break cluster and actively foraging but more cold weather on its way Temperature was up to 12...
Foraging on Snowdrops after surviving the Beast from the East
Foraging on Snowdrops after Surviving the Beast from the East Great to see all colonies survived the...
Perfect Storm for Winter Bees and Winter Beekeepers
Why is the current weather a perfect storm for the winter bees? The current cold spell is hitting...
First Pollen of Season
Foraging for the first pollen of the season First Pollen of the season going in. 9 Degree C...
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