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Greetings from sunny Spain, happy to report that we have seen our first swallow of the year, and after nearly three weeks of howling winds we have had a very calm sunny day and the bees have been going into overdrive, had a quick peep at the entrances and can honestly say that since we got our...

two euros and thirty cents per 500Grammes,

greetings, A bit off topic this one, Happy to report that strawberries grown here in Andalucia are in the shops, excellent with greek yoghurt and our own honey, on the weather front we have had a week of high winds and the bees have been keeping a low profile,

Almond shells for us.

Greetings, this is getting exiting, yesterday afternoon both of our hives had hundreds of bees making play flights, and it just happens that the almond blossom is getting into full swing, question, I would like to make a split from our two hives, and sometimes reading books is just not enough...

greetings, for what it is worth, keeping bees is more than just another interest, its a passion!! if you ask questions you should be prepared to listen to the answers, good luck to you sir.

greetings everbeezer, we have been keeping bees for all of ten months and I must say what a journey it has been, I would suggest you read as many beekeeping books as you can get hold of, then read them again, where we live there are no other English speaking beekeepers so I have learnt as I go...

Greetings, Its 4.30 pm and 27C, And I have just finished the first inspection of this new year, Happy to report capped brood over four frames in both hives , all looking good, we have the first almond blossom on our trees and the bees have found it, with all the other trees in our valley the...

greetings, St Helens, Widnes, and Melbourne, sounds like rugby league to me, Welcome.

snakes, greetings, we have hens in an old pig sty, it used to be overrun with mice and a few rats, then one morning as I went in to collect the eggs, there in the corner was a brown rat snake devouring a small rat, since that day we haven't seen a single rodent in five years, no traps and no...

feliz navidad. pottyfinca bees hard at work on Christmas eve..

greetings, these two students posted a survey about queen bees back in sept 2013 !! the 24th to be exact, and I would imagine they are as horrified as everyone else about the rubbish written by the Examinar, the journalist probably wasn't from Yorkshire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet chestnut honey, imho, is one of the best flavoured dark honeys available,

Greetings, are there any beekeepers around the middlestown area of wakey ? our daughterinlaw has run out of our honey , presently buying from asda, oh the shame of it, muchas gracias..

Greetings all, 25C, and the time is eleven thirty am, its just my observation but I have noticed that our bees don't start to forage until the thermometer reaches 10 degrees, which is between 9,30 and 10am, they will stay out until about 4,30ish when the sun starts to go down, on the odd cloudy...

Greetings from sunny spain, managed to do an inspection of both hives at the weekend, and happy to report capped brood over four frames and even a few drones wandering around on the combs, even managed to rob a frame of honey so that's another kilo for our use, since the rains we had six weeks...

Greetings Thorn, we have a lot of tamarisk trees down in the Rambla which is a dry river bed, they flower in early june and both bees and wasps take full advantage, the honey is dark and richly flavoured, at the moment the bees are working false pepper trees returning with bright orange pollen...

greetings from sunny spain, 25C with a cool breeze, what a difference a week makes, just inspected hive no 1 Only a few DWV bees but we have capped brood over six frames and tons of pollen coming in, the bees also seem more energised than they were last week, the wasps are still on clean up duty...

Greetings, Very happy to report that we have rain, the first since early September, On a more serious note though, on my last inspection which for various reasons was over a month ago, noticed a few bees with DWV, and two empty queen cells on the front of a frame, don't panic don't panic...

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