Monthly Archives: August 2011

CYSER

Posted on August 31, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

If, like me, you have a lawn full of fallen apples you might like to consider making cyser. Here’s how: first crush the apples to obtain their juice to make cider. I don’t think you need instructions for that!  Then take … Continue reading →

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Flower Log

Posted on August 30, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

I saw bees working ivy flowers today. In August!  It’s going to be a long hard winter.  I haven’t seen gorse in flower for months.  The Rosebay Willowherb has been good this year and so has the Himalayan Baslam.  I … Continue reading →

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Bumbling Along

Posted on August 29, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

A couple of months ago I was contacted by a builder who had encountered a nest of bumble bees (Bombus lapidarius, the Red Tailed Bumble Bee) in a wall of a barn in Powerstock that he was converting.  I took … Continue reading →

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Gormanston – Friday morning- the last day.

Posted on August 21, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

I had a strange dream.  I was to be taken, unwillingly, up in a hot air balloon. I couldn’t see the balloon but I  could hear it being inflated by repeated roaring blasts from a gas furnace. I woke up … Continue reading →

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Gormanston – Thursday afternoon

Posted on August 18, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

I met Sister Dolores and she gave me her photo, which I will doctor for use in my next book: “Bee People” in which she is featured.  I got somebody to take a photo of Vanessa and me on the … Continue reading →

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Gormanston – Thursday morning

Posted on August 17, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

The first Advanced lecture was Robert Pickard again. His subject was International Beekeeping. He made the point that, with bees being sent around the World in the way they are currently, we need global regulations to go with global beekeeping.  … Continue reading →

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Gormanston – Wednesday

Posted on August 15, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

I was up early , 6.45, in order to be in the Chapel at 7.30.  Mass started at 7.45 instead of the advertised 8am and, from my perch at the back of the gallery, it appeared as if the choir … Continue reading →

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Gormanston – Tuesday

Posted on August 14, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

After breakfast I had a brief coaching session with my friend Vanessa Drew. She is taking her Senior Exams and has for months been running past exam questions and her draught answers past me by email for comment and correction.  … Continue reading →

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Gormanston – Monday

Posted on August 11, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

They built a motorway a couple of years ago. It’s very noisy on a Monday morning!  It woke me up early enough to check my emails in bed on my new Kindle.  There was one from a lady who is … Continue reading →

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Gormanston -Powerpoints

Posted on August 9, 2011 by chrissladesbeeblog

Apart from the craic, the main reason for going to Gormanston is the lectures. Unfortunately the use of powerpoint presentations seems to be regarded as compulsory nowadays. Most lecturers with a bit of practice and help from their friends can … Continue reading →

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