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Swarm

May 23, 2018by Claire 3 Comments

Have you ever tried sweeping up bees from grass? I don’t recommend it. Last week I collected a swarm – it was massive and hanging from one of our small […]

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Bees

Rose Hives

April 28, 2018by Claire 2 Comments

Based on a superficial amount of research (5 minutes on the internet) and in response to two situations I found myself in I have decided to change how I keep […]

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Bees

Wakey Wakey

March 11, 2018by Claire 3 Comments

After the snow I went to check on my bees last week. It was a warm-ish day and the bees were busy spring-cleaning their hives – actually I have no […]

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Bees

Putting the bees to bed

November 12, 2017by Claire 2 Comments

Earlier in the week I finally got round to putting my bees to bed for the winter. I wrapped them in chicken wire – well the hives, not the individual […]

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Bees, shepherding

Professional Bee Mover

August 31, 2017by Claire 4 Comments

So last Wednesday at 7pm I found myself rocking up at a house in a nearby village to collect a swarm living in two old supers. Obviously as I am […]

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Bees

Land of Milk and Honey

July 6, 2017by Claire 8 Comments

A litre of milk from Iggy Pop this morning and 41 lbs of honey from two supers from the fabulous aptly named Hive No.1 this afternoon. I reckon I could […]

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Animals, Bees

Swarm

June 11, 2017by Claire 7 Comments

Just found a swarm in one of our plum trees and relocated it to a spare hive i the apiary – feeling like a proper beekeeper right now.

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