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  1. J

    Thermal considerations of keeping bees in hot countries

    Greetings Gilberdyke John, we have three hives here in Southern Spain and when the temps rise above thirty three degrees the Queen stops laying so there is a brood break during the hottest part of the year and as last year was one of the hottest on record the brood break was quite a long one, It...
  2. J

    Hyacinth.

    Greetings from sunny Spain, just a photo of a bee working a potted Hyacinth, Oh, and the swallows landed here on the 19th of February,
  3. J

    Seasons Greetings,

    Greetings, Happy to report that due to the mould problem is now being taken care of due to the sunny days we are having at the moment, all three hives are very active zooming to and fro with nectar and pollen, we even have bees loaded with pollen stopping off to sip the nectar, many thanks for...
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    Mould.

    Greetings , I have just inspected our hives after a week of wet weather which is highly unusual in our part of Spain, two of the hives are just starting to build up but the third one has very little brood and there is mould on one of the combs, is it anything to worry about ? Just on my way...
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    Feeding/attracting wildlife near hive

    Black Squirrel. Greetings from a very rainy Spain, Yes folks we are having our wettest time since last year, the bees are all tucked up waiting for it to pass and when it does the whole area will start to come to life with the little rock roses ,awesome little plants which the bees enjoy...
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    Summer insulation

    Greetings from sunny Spain, We also have temps in the mid forties during July August and September, when it reaches the mid thirties the queen goes off lay which enables the workers to spend more time on water duties, Our Bees have only just stated to rear brood which is about a month...
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    Perfume, the bee, the ant, me & A&E

    Greetings, Tin hat time ! but here goes, the sting sounds like a scorpion, having been got twice by the little blighters I have an idea of the painful sensation, both mine were in my foot and it was painful all day,
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    Mantis.

    Greetings from sunny Spain, At work today my better half took this photo of a Preying Mantis eating a wasp, this summer we have seen very few wasps over here,
  9. J

    Winter bees

    Well, I sure am glad that our bees don't need to go into winter cluster, one less thing to worry about...
  10. J

    What's the best thing to burn in smoker?

    Greetings Whynothot, this may sound a trifle daft but last year I went help a fellow new beekeeper who was having trouble keeping the smoker going despite have dried leylandii woodchips , it turned out that they had the trivit on the top of the fuel, and without the air gap under the fuel the...
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    Did they go..or did they stay?

    Greetings, Our Queens go off lay when the temperatures are constantly above 32C, Which is most of july and august.
  12. J

    plant ID,

    Greetings from sunny spain, Anyone know what this one is ?
  13. J

    Pollen from olive trees?

    Greetings from sunny Spain, there are olive trees all around us and I have never seen them being worked by the honey bees, Having said that when the olives are in full pomp so too are a lot of other plants, hope this helps.
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    Gardens of Suburbia : Forage month by month

    honeysuckle Greetings, Almost dark here and our bees are mobbing the honeysuckle growing on the side of our little casa, same with the false pepper tree in our neighbours garden, its the same at first light, its a wonderful to hear the buzzing first thing in the morning, during the day they...
  15. J

    passiflora

    Greetings from sunny spain, we were cutting back an overgrown garden today, I have never seen as many bees on one plant,
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