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Drones don't have fathers, only grandfathers, but workers have fathers - unless all my years studying biology were wasted. The drone mates with the queen and prodcues worker bees using the drones sperm. In my book, that makes him the dad and HM the mum. Simon

I'm with White Park Cattle, the girls are flying, but very few flowering plants or trees that are providing fodder. Many of the species mentioned are not in flower just north of Leeds, and it's still b.... cold and has been for the last ten days. Simon

Martin, just type in whatever is in your address in the "road name field", name of village or whatever. They won't care and will just print out a label with whatever you put in (or should). Simon

Don't forget to sign the petition too! Simon

Just wondering if anyone has any bright ideas about what the bees are doing? Basically lots of the bees are ‘foraging’ on part of the lawn. They’re widely spaced, landing, ‘collecting’ and flying off. There are no flowers, they’re landing on the grass. Now it could be water collecting, but...

Exactly, one of my pet hates. Definition; ex·tinct    [ik-stingkt] Show IPA adjective 1. no longer in existence; that has ended or died out: an extinct species of fish. 2. no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom. 3. extinguished; quenched; not burning. 4. having ceased...

We use beetight, mainly on the PC 'cos our apiary is the backgarden. The android and apple apps are both OK and would certainly use if we had an out apiary. You have to pay $15 per year to get the apps (and to keep records of (I think) more than three hives). Of course the downside is getting...

Off topic I know (pity 'cos it would be great if copper worked) but my favourite "statistic" when anyone queries my love of diving with sharks is that more people die every year from coconuts falling on their heads than shark attacks, so I'm far safer diving than sitting on a beach! And it's...

Hi If you g o o g le "naturescape" (no connection just many years of using them) they have some good wildflower mixes which are generally good for bees. They also have good instructions on planting wildflower meadows and the like. If you don't want it to be over run with grass and other things...

Hi First post but been learning from all the interesting posts for a long time so thanks to all for the advice you’ve unknowingly been passing on! I thought it was time to add something. I’m planting a strip of Agastache rugosa f. albiflora 'Liquorice Blue' and White, Chinese Hyssop. I saw it...