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I've just reached the 'and breathe …' part of my season.
This is the period between spring expansion and summer consolidation.
It's the time when I realise I am more-or-less in control of things after all, contrary to all the evidence a fortnight ago.
Colonies are at or near maximum strength.
The urge to swarm has been controlled, con...
In terms of good beekeeping advice, Ted Hooper's book (Guide to Bees and Honey) takes some beating. It was first published almost three decades ago. My copy, the fourth edition, dates back to 2008. The illustrations (line drawings, or B&W images) make it look dated, but the text remains relevant and is better than many of the 'up-to-date' publications.
My c...
I doubt that many readers of The Apiarist also read the Daily Mirror. Those who do will be familiar with the tabloids' infatuation with the weather, evidenced by the frequent articles and dramatic headlines they employ.
There's barely a warm week heatwave, damp week deluge, or cold week icy blast forecast that doesn't get exaggerated billing. Presumabl...
I made the comment last week that all unexplained colony losses are due to Varroa, unless there's unequivocal evidence they are due to something else.
If there are three weeks of rain in November, the stream floods, and you watch impotently as your hives are washed away downstream, I'll grudgingly accept that Varroa wasn't to blame.
However, 'une...
Two and a half million motivational posters bearing the words Keep Calm and Carry On were printed for distribution in mid-1939. In the end, few were ever displayed, and they were forgotten until being rediscovered in a bookshop in Northumberland, in 2000 {{1}}.
The rest, as they say, is history. The wording has become internationally recognised. It is used as a...