It's the constant flood, fire and drought cycle really I guess. At the moment for us it's the latter. Poor photo, but those forests on the north facing hills are of course evergreen.... but not now. A friend thought it was the aftermath of a fire, but it's dying through lack of rain. I've never seen it before, and nor have people much older than me. Through the binoculars...
Some like that here too. You should see it along the A48 near Penhow and Caerwent, like snow drifts.
Well in my area - I live on the edge of a valley with a river flowing through. A landowner next to the river tells me that 25 years ago, certain fields would flood for 2 months a year. Now it's consistently 4-5 months.
As a hobby beekeeper for just over a decade I've found that greater knowledge has been accompanied by greater challenges. Ignorance and very forgiving bees made room for me to make some real blunders and get away with them. Now, I feel more responsibility. Thankfully, satisfaction and enthusiasm are great motivators!
I think I have to respect that because you have 70? years' experience, which is a proper long term perspective.
Very humble response.
And more ‘once in a lifetime’ winter storms!
Only 60 years.
The honey yield depends on pastures, how easily bees get they honey load from flowers. Second, the more beehives the less honey from pastures.
And what is tge reason to dry and wet wethers...
Great article
