Category: Bees

Winter 2022/3

Winter at Coursegoules is quiet and there are less hives. having tested and treated for Varroa mite I took 3 Hives to Chateauneuf and 2 to my garden. Coursegoules in…

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Winterisation

I brought these five colonies from Coursegoules for the winter. The rest of my colonies will over winter in Coursegoules. The operation was conducted between 12th Nov. and 16 Nov.…

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Progress

Today, April 20, about a month since my last post, I have done 7 more splits. The first split, in that post was confirmed on 13 April, to have a…

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On matters of the moon

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…

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A difficult Summer

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.…

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