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

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

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

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 first swarm arrives in the back of a ford Fiesta, before being transported by wheelbarrow to a deluxe meadow, that I hope might tempt

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