The queen who went in the wrong place. Today I found a mystery awaiting me at the allotment. Ever seen this many bees. And bees with pollen disappearing within their midst? Usually you might get maybe a couple of bees wandering around under the floor. I had a look through the hive to see if that might help solve the mystery. All looked well at the entrance, the bees were enjoying the sunshine after a pretty miserable and rainy week.

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A year in the bee garden February. In the short month of February there is little activity in the bee garden, but there is a lot to observe. Which early bulbs have emerged the snowdrops and crocuses planted in the shade beside the ivy or those planted in the lawn? Which plants are already springing up new shoots the crocosmia or daffodils? 1 What is the soil like? Remember to observe the soil i.

Say, Have You Heard About That FlowHive? Posted by theprospectofbees under Uncategorized. If you are a beekeeper then, of course, you have. One weekend last February you could not swing a LOLcat. Beekeeper opinions seemed harder to find except for a few surprising testimonials on the company site. Perhaps, as we were, the beeks were getting emails from friends and family asking for an opinion. Scooped us with a detailed report including a link to the the patent.

Why Top Bar Hives? Wednesday, August 12, 2015. All that moisture for the plants means more nectar for the bees. It does my heart good watching them zip back and forth across the yard.

HOW TO SAVE A POISONED BEEHIVE. The once busy entrance, now silent with only a few twitching bees in carpet of dead below. The suddenness of a colony lost to pesticide poisoning is shocking. What follows is often heartbreaking, humbling and infuriating.

A Journey into the world of Beekeeping. That the queen is dead or gone. That the youngest bees were already a few weeks old. That it would take several more weeks before I could get fresh brood to hatch. No chance of quickly recovering it, without a spare queen and frames of brood. The orange hive is no more. You win some, you lose some. Thankfully, poor Rogue One only lasted for a few days, before going to that happy little .