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My Other Half is of the opinion that if one day a parcel doesn't arrive- the courier will still knock on the door to check I'm ok... I used to get stuff delivered to work, dispose of the packing there and he was none the wiser! But that doesn't work now we're both working from home.

I'm working on a DIY hive monitor, loosely based on this solution: Instructions - HoneyPi Only mine saves values locally to a database instead of using the internet- no phone signal where my bees are I don't do it because I need it, but because it is interesting! I work in software for a...

Gardening- two allotments and the actual garden and alongside the bees I also have chickens. Indoors I've got a fair selection of orchids and nepenthes too. Inventing stuff for the garden- I'm sure this counts as a separate hobby. Latest venture is a geodesic greenhouse. Triathlon- why be good...

I keep my bees on an allotment (council owned, ran by a commitee). I do rent two plots as I also garden. The bees live in an 'enclosure' made of pallets and shade netting- from the communal path this looks likes a fruit cage, and no one can see the bees to mess with them (we get a fair amount of...

Queenspotting, by Hilary Kearney. Beautiful pictures/photography. Lots easier to find the queen when the bees keep still though!

I work as a software developer- so I sit all day indoors in an air conditioned office, and therefore can't wait to get out to my allotment and bees at the end of the day! My garden isn't big enough for bees (and the many neighbours have even smaller gardens and would be very close!), but the...