I'm happy to report a clean bill of health from the NBU bee inspector today, all hives at all four apiaries were checked by the bee inspector.
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Laying queen
A queen wondering around the frame looking for empty cells to lay eggs in.
Population Explosion
I managed to get the inspections done on the hives in my garden today - all queens seen, all laying well and a fair few drones in the hives, especially the double brood hives. I have one weak hive, on about 6 frames, but there is a lot of sealed brood so numbers will pick … Continue reading Population Explosion
Asian Hornet Traps
My Asian Hornet monitoring traps have been re-filled. Have you got your traps out?
The first Asian Hornet Queen of 2020
News from our colleagues in jersey. The first Asian Hornet Queen of 2020 has been found, thanks to a report by a member of the public in St.Brelade area of the island. This is a reminder that it will shortly be time to deploy our monitoring traps. More so around the Christchurch area. This time … Continue reading The first Asian Hornet Queen of 2020
Supers Warmer
My new Supers Heater Trolley from Abelo arrived this morning, so I hope to be able to warm up the supers that are in my bee shed so that I can extract the honey, somewhat later than planned. To use, you stack your supers on this heated platform to warm them for extraction. The heavy … Continue reading Supers Warmer
Start of a new season
I did the first proper inspection of the year today, checking all the hives in my garden. All were lovely and strong, plenty of bees and brood, but one was a bit low on stores, so I will have to keep my eye on that one. I moved the overwintered nucs into hives for them … Continue reading Start of a new season
New environment protections set out in flagship bill
Draft clauses for the first Environment Bill for 20 years have been published by the Environment Secretary, Michael Gove Published 19 December 2018 From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Today the Environment Secretary published draft clauses on environmental principles and governance to be included in an … Continue reading New environment protections set out in flagship bill