Folklore
Mr Woodley mentions in passing local folklore. Examples:- Passing of the Beemaster Weatherlore
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The Drop In The Middle
I wash the jars and put them upside down to drain. Yet a drop of water stubbornly sticks to the …
Sterilising Jars In The Microwave
The microwave can only fit upto eight jars. Even so, when doing a large quantity of jars, it can beat …
Empty, old hive wasn’t bee tight
A hive floor potentially provides about 2cm of extra depth for comb to be drawn from the bottom of each …
Bees In The Backyard
As years go by, it’s just a pain in the ass. Guards bees harass and sting. Going out doors during …
A Question
If they have just swarmed, how full was the super above the brood box?
Empty Comb Phenomena
No queen excluded and if supers are filling up add new super with frames of comb. The bees will just …
Combs are precious
What you need do, I was told, get thin ,unwired foundation, and cut it in half diagonally. Later, if the …
Label Them
“You have a 99.8% chance of surviving Covid.” Presenting a fact to a masked-up branch-covidian will probably meet with a …
Before they even think about it
Ken Basterfield I article ‘Swarm Control Achieved through vertically splitting a colony’ However, the (Basterfield board) technique is equally applicable …
Honey Dome Has Walls
Why not do a split instead of a Taranov split? Remove two frames of food and three brood. That way …
Seven as the magic number: pre swarm split
What if, instead of reacting to a queen cell, I initiate a Taranov split when the colony reaches a certain …
Taranov Heroic Engineering
The hive was had be placed on a raised platform which means the taranov board needed structural support. It was …
Taranov Split With No Follow Up
One colony underwent a TS, but without investugating the queenless hive. It followed that this hive issued a swarm, albeit …
More Thoughts On Taranov Split
Be be careful – don’t let the queen go AWOL. Put a blanket/sheet under the taranov board., so the bees …
Taranov Board Split – one week later.
Today (one week later ) I opened hive. The bees were aggressive. No eggs and no queen, yet many queen …
Lyrics: Pirates – Entertainment For The Braindead
Pirates – Entertainment For The Braindead Don’t you see my eye-patch and the parrot on my shoulder,Don’t you see the …
Printing Bees on Tissue Paper Using An Adana Printing Press
Printing Bees on tissue paper, using an adana printing press, is tricky because the paper is so thin and the ink very thick. Nonetheless, it is possible and here’s how.
How Can I Make Life 10X Better?
How Can I Make Life 10X Better? I am sitting in front of my desktop computer with the whole day in front of me. How many decisions, however small will I be making? I suppose hundreds.
Is Liquid Beeswax Possible At Room Temperature ?
This blog ponders the idea of is liquid beeswax possible at room temperature? This train of thinking has come about because my sections of honeycomb came to nothing. The bees wanting nothing to do with drawing out comb and filling them with honey. How can I remedy the situation?
If I Built a Local Social Media Platform,Would That Change the Game?
your ideas might not travel so fast because big platforms use algorithms. Algorithms police ‘wrong think’ and inhibit inappropriate ideas.
Honey Label Review – Galloway Honey Farm
This blog is a Honey Label Review of Galloway Honey Farm Scottish Heather honey. This blog follows on from my honey label style review of London Honey Co.
Beginnings of the Lockinge Estate
This is a short blog on the beginnings of the Lockinge Estate. This text will form part of a large …
3 Things To Win A Chunk of Time After Dinner
I discovered 3 things to win a chunk of time after dinner and they are my three S’s: Self-discipline, Stimulant (caffeine) and Short Sleep.
John Is Not His Real Name
John is not his real name, and nothing about him is authentic. He comes from Afghanistan, and sells olives as well as variations upon the olive theme.
Deconstructing The Style Of London Honey Co – What Beekeepers Can Learn
By deconstructing the style of London Honey Co (LHC), I hope to show how beekeepers can raise their game in marketing honey.
Obituary: Wantage Market Place
After battling a long struggle, Wantage Market Place plassed away yesterday evening, at a clinic in Switzerland. Market Place didn’t wish to prolong the suffering and travelled to Zurich to pass peacefully.
Can Understanding Your Biases Lead To Self Mastery?
Can Understanding Your Biases Lead To Self Mastery? We see life through a distorted lens. Our five senses provide our brain with raw information. Our brain filters this information, and this filter includes our biases.
Why Should Beekeepers Trap Wasps in Spring
Why should beekeepers trap wasps in spring? The problem I am hoping to address happens in autumn which is a …
Cinnamon Spice
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Cabin Cozy
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Public Journal
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Autumn Days
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