Branding by Branding
The CuBA brand.
Read MoreWhat Goes Up Must Come Down
I unite a big and a small colony in preparation for winter.
Read MoreBusy October Bees
The air is full of busy buzzing bees!
Yesterday morning was overcast and drizzly, but the bees were still thronging back and forth from the hive entrances.
This morning, in the sunshine, the airspace is even more crowded - it's almost like summer again.
I wonder what they are foraging on? I have not noticed much in flower at the moment. I hope they have not found beehives in another apiary to steal honey from.
Busy bees of the Copper Hive
7th October. Copper Hive bees in the blustery drizzle.
8th October. Copper Hive bees in the autumn sunshine.
Autumn Activities
My bees and I make plans.
Read MoreBack with a Vengeance
The Disc Hive returns.
Read MoreMeadow Mown
The August bank holiday weekend is a good time to do the annual cut of the wildflower meadow, as it has mostly by now gone to seed, with just the feverfew, marigolds and a few borage still flowering. Cutting it was complicated by it containing a forest of raspberry canes that weren't intended to be there but which I'd quite like to keep, as well as by it being in the flight path of a large number of honey bees. Nevertheless I have now cut it and it looks like this: