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The magnum opus last week wasn't planned like that.
I started with a relatively concise outline, fleshed out a few paragraphs in the afternoon, added a sprinkling of relevant scientific references, and dropped in the images to round it off. The following morning I completed my usual 'did I really mean to write that?' proofing, and the standard pre-subm...
My final dive into a brood box of the season is for the removal of the Apivar strips at end of the late-summer miticide treatment. Typically, this occurs in early- to mid-October, and I'll choose early afternoon on a warm day when the bees are still likely to be foraging.
That wasn't a problem this year as the weather is still unusually warm, and the bees remain preoccu...
In early March 2020 I went to Oban on the west coast of Scotland to talk to the local beekeeping association about Varroa management.
At the pre-talk meal {{1}} I said it was probably my last in-person talk as a 'lockdown' would inevitably soon be imposed.
I was w...
Despite it still being “T-shirt and shorts” weather, autumn is here.
We've had some lovely warm days, and the bees continue to busy themselves on the Himalayan balsam.
As a beekeeper with 'short arms and deep pockets', this suits me just fine {{1}}.
My winter feeding is almost complete and most colonies have only needed half a block of