Monthly Archives: January 2013

I put the empty top bar hive in the back of the car just before the snow started and it has stayed there since.  Today, however, after 20mm of rain yesterday, nearly all of the snow has gone so I … Continue reading →

My first top bar hive is in the back of the car. Fortunately it is beeless!  I’ve had to move it from its site behind a roadside hedge at Toller Porcorum as a new landowner has so drastically decimated the … Continue reading →

It’s been a long day. The alarm went off at 6, I was on the road at 7, at Kenilworth, 176 miles from home, at 10, having driven through a snowstorm, there until about 5, getting home at 8, and … Continue reading →

This afternoon I diverted via my hive on the holiday camp near Weymouth to see if it is ok and maybe give the bees a squirt of Oxalic.  The temperature, according to my car’s gauge, was 9.5C, which must be … Continue reading →

When I got home this evening I found a scribbled note through my door reading: “Subject: HONEY.  Someone in the village told me you had bees. I had the name of PAYNE but I can’t locate him.  If you can … Continue reading →