New Shed.
If you are a beekeeper and reading this then you'll understand the need for space and storage... you can never have too much! I have been...
Feeding!
I meant to discuss this a month ago but with a new addition to the family, finding the time has been a little more diffcult. As we...
Varrox Vaporiser - My newest weapon against Varroa.
Varroa Destructor is one of the main reasons why many bee colonies don't make it through Winter. If not controlled throughout the year,...
Wassail!
This evening we were lucky to welcome local wassailers who visited some of the BEE17 hives to wish them good luck and good forage for...
Winter bees
This is the time of year when having done all the hard work in Autumn preparing their bees for winter, beekeepers have to rely on the...
Productive weekend!
It has been a productive weekend! Jon and I unloaded the latest delivery of hive parts and assembled all the boxes. The painting has now...
Making Frames
Making up frames for the bees is quite a time consuming activity when you imagine each colony needs 9 or 10 frames in the brood box and...
Busy week on the bees!
It has been the busiest week of the year so far on the bees. With the warmer weather some of the colonies have shown signs of wanting to...
SWARM!
Good news, after two weeks of sitting on the window sill and a fair bit of interest from scout bees, we've caught our first swarm of the...
Swarm box is up...
Hi all, Well its that time of year again... bees try to follow their instincts and look to swarm to spread their population. I'm always...
