There has been much discussion on my favourite bee related web site - honeybeesuite.com about the winter solstice recently. It has certainly triggered the “little grey cells”. The discussion centred…
There has been much discussion on my favourite bee related web site - honeybeesuite.com about the winter solstice recently. It has certainly triggered the “little grey cells”. The discussion centred…
I have been fortunate to acquire a few more hive boxes. They may be second hand but after a coat of paint are good enough for a modest expansion. Also…
It has been a very difficult summer for a beekeeper. A lot of beekeepers have reported colonies dying and of producing very little honey. This is probably due to the weather.…
I have not posted for a while. The life of the bees and their beekeeper carries on regardless. At the moment the bees are working their socks off, there is…
It is early May and the weather is warmer and the bees are becoming active. I have completed 4 splits to make new queens, and increase my number of colonies.…
The weather eventually got warmer and sunnier I ventured up again to see how my little ladies were getting on. I knew I had to feed them all, after a…
In the early days, I learned how to deal with swarms. Here is the pictorial depiction of one such swarm, which was followed by my first honey harvest. To get…
Winter at the apiary
MJ Bees is either Michael Judd bees 🐝 or Maison Judd bees. Its object is to demonstrate my passion for my bees and their production of honey and their environment.
The hive is ready. The bees are on 9-10 frames. Fresh eggs have been laid in the last 3 days and there is brood on 7 frames. There are also…