Monthly Archives: March 2012

Once again, purely by coincidence, there’s cricket on the wireless while I’m extracting honey!  This is the comb honey I took from my Top Bar Hive at Ourganics at Litton Cheney a few days ago.  It’s so simple to harvest … Continue reading →

It was a lovely day for beekeeping. I drove to Frogmore, an organic farm a couple of miles away, to give my hive there its first inspection.  No smoker. I had it yesterday, I know I did.  A long drive … Continue reading →

I examined 8 hives this afternoon without wearing gloves and the only sting I got was from a queen wasp I was squashing!  I’m allergic to wasp stings. Not only was it very painful, but also my trigger finger has … Continue reading →

I went to Thomas Hardy’s birthplace at Bockhampton today where I mentor the Head Gardener, Caps, in her care of the bees that were foisted on her by the BBC/National Trust. There are 2 hives in the apiary, a National … Continue reading →

The Dorchester & Weymouth BKA had a session for would-bee beekeepers this evening.  We were each instructed to bring along a piece of kit and talk about it to anybody interested.  Mine was the nucleus box. I also collected the … Continue reading →

I’m just back from a school reunion dinner. One of the first people I met was my very first form master in 1959, John Hawthorne. He hasn’t changed a lot and still has more hair than me, but he’s shorter … Continue reading →

I’ve been down to Cornwall for a few days on a beer-assessing trip with a pal.  I have a couple of hives on his plot of land north of Launceston so thought I’d attend to them as we passed by … Continue reading →