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This observation began last summer when I made up a Nuc (Paynes Poly) from a swarming hive, all went to plan with the Nuc the queen cell hatched out got mated and began laying, on an inspection I noticed other bees were helping her to back into the cell in order to lay an egg and she kept...

Having a good reliable weather prediction is always handy, been using a website called Meteo Earth for a while now and even with our unpredictable weather on the south coast of Ireland it is surprisingly accurate. You only get two days forecast on the free version but least it's some bit...

Two of my hives hefted a little light so I decided to give them some fondant as an insurance policy. I opened the feed hole, put the fondant over the hole, added a super and closed them up. On inspection today to see if they were using the feed I noticed a huge amount of moisture accumulating...

'Surplus secret: access holes with platforms For years I’ve followed the exploits of Detective Anthony Planakis, aka Tony Bees, as he rescued swarms of honey bees from the streets of New York City. Now retired, Tony Bees tends his own hives, sells honey, teaches beginners, and tries to keep me...

I recently learned about the Pseudo scorpion and how they coexisted in harmony with the bees before the use of insecticides, open mesh floors etc to control Varroa mite levels. In the most recent edition of 'The Four Seasons' published by the Native Irish Honey Bee Society there is an article...

Just wondering if anyone on here uses these feeders. Had quiet a few drownings even with the sand added as a grip for them to climb on so I put some scaffold mesh screen draped down into the syrup and there is only a few drowning now. One big headache is when you want to refill it and they have...