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Archive for the ‘Bee Present’ Category
Global Bee Emergency!
Posted in Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping on January 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Bees Solve Travelling Salesman Problem
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just love stories that show that the world of bees is unexplainable, beyond individual intelligence and that even to the most brainiest of scientists can’t explain how they do it! Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered that bees learn to fly the shortest possible route [...]
This Year’s Honey Harvest and Dissolved Notes
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on August 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
With the first two weeks on holiday, the bees had to wait until last weekend before I removed the honey. We took four full supers – which will produce a good crop – though I have not extracted it yet. Planning on that next weekend. I always leave a super on each hive to over-winter. [...]
Escaped Prisoners!
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is a while since I last wrote a post. Life has been a bit hectic. I was expecting it to have been even more hectic as we are half-way through the swarming season, but I have only collected one swarm so far this year. The rest of this post is about that swarm. A [...]
The Plight of the Honeybee
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So you want a little bee like me to write a story about the current plight in the bee kingdom (or more strictly correct, queendom)? Humans have become increasingly aware of the stresses and strains that have been placed on the bee population. Not just the honeybee, but bumblebees and other types of bees. There [...]
Ted Hooper RIP
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The author of the “beekeepers bible” has died aged 92. Not a bad innings, as they say in cricket! More at: http://www.britishbee.org.uk/news/obituaries/ted-hooper-1918-2010.shtml
Heater Bees
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A great programme from the BBC on Heater Bees broadcast this evening. Unfortunately, you can’t watch the whole programme any more, but there are some clips here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rqgh4#clips And this amazing photograph:
Renaming the Hives: Unity, Kindness, Melody and Liberty
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on March 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As is the custom at our Apiary, any swarms that we catch are called by the names of the places that we caught them in – but only for the first year. If they get through the winter, then they are given new names – which are all virtues. We started with Faith, Hope and [...]
The Beekeeping Prisoners’ Cache
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping on February 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week I was asked by a local prison to help give some advice because they want to start keeping bees. I turned up at the gate and was met by the head grounsdman who showed me around the prison’s very impressive garden. It had large poly-tunnels of cabbages and other winter vegetables, an orchard [...]
Polish Beekeeper Brought Back from the Dead!
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Polish beekeeper pronounced dead after he suffered a suspected heart attack was about to be sealed up in a coffin when a funeral director miraculously discovered a faint pulse. Jozef Guzy collapsed as he started work among his beloved hives near the southern city ofKatowice. An ambulance was called and an experienced doctor declared [...]
