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Last week, was dry & sunny here and I've never seen the bees so busy, from dawn to dusk, presumably working the (not terribly plentiful) sycamore and the tail end of the dandelions. Weekend rain brought the hawthorn into bloom from Saturday onwards the hedgerows (of which there are plenty) are...

At least that's what seems to happen to anyone here in Ireland who is bold enough to countenance crossing over to the dark (buckfast) side........ I'm in my second full season with bees but since my 'large' amm. colony re-queened themselves last summer (gaining some stripey jerseys in the...

My 'big' colony, which resides in a poly MD brood box, had their (only) super more or less filled about four weeks ago - I was primed to start swapping out capped frames for new frames of foundation ( this is my first hive and I own only one super at this stage) but now, four weeks later, still...

I'm in my first full year of beekeeping and since my first colony, which I received in the autumn, have wintered well and now buit up strongly, I'm trying to make some increase. I've made up a nuc with a couple of frames of brood and one of stores, and given them a queen cell, which has hatched...