August – The Bee Season Draws to a Close.

August – The Bee Season Draws to a Close.

As the season draws to a close I can say with certainty that I’m glad to have got through it! Queens have been repeatedly superseded throughout the year and I expect more supercedure cells are still being summoned up as I type. I hope that the bumblebee colonies have...
Best Laid Plans – May & June

Best Laid Plans – May & June

Well, so much for best laid plans! The swarm season was a wild ride with some actual swarms and not just the usual splitting and the early splits to try and increase our losses! As soon as the days lengthened the bees were off! Some colonies are already on their...
April – Busy Planting!

April – Busy Planting!

With April’s full budding moon came the first blossoms on the Yarlington Mill cider trees and rather alarmingly also the new eating fruit trees that were delivered in the middle of the month!! Aging cider trees were grubbed out, ground was duly cultivated and made...
March – Changing Seasons

March – Changing Seasons

Well i was wrong about ploughing under the full moon of March!  It’s so wet we’re still unsure if ploughing this month will be a good idea or not. With the equinox behind us and the clocks springing forward the season really feels like its changed. The...

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