About the Bees
In the early summer of 2018, two swarms of bees arrived c/o my bee mentor Robert (confusing I know). The first arrived and were housed in one of Roberts National Hives, set in a meadow that I was establishing at the far end of my garden….
About Rob
Back in the day, I was a lawyer specialising in Medical Crime, but believing there must be more to life than jargon and court rooms, I swapped sharp suits for secateurs and went off to study garden design, at Pershore College of Horticulture…
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Honey, honey how you thrill me
September arrives and its time to harvest the honey. My girls have been hard at work all summer and this bit is so exciting. First
A good landlord must make inspections
Bee inspections must take place every 7-9 days to check for any problems, that the girls are happy, and that they have enough room to
Even more bees arrive
Six days later another swarm arrives for my WBC. I gingerly unwrap them and wonder what’s stopping them flying away? Thankfully they decide to stay
Settling in nicely
Well it seems they have decided to stay. So I added more frames so that they would not run out of space, with ‘brood’ or
My new pets arrive
My first swarm arrives in the back of a ford Fiesta, before being transported by wheelbarrow to a deluxe meadow, that I hope might tempt
In the beginning
Year one of my life as a beginner bee keeper, and the first job is to build a home for my new pets. Hence work