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Recent Blog Posts
- ONBG meeting, March 2023 – new year, new lessons March 9, 2023
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- ONBG Meeting, October 2022 – 10th anniversary gathering October 9, 2022
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- ONBG meeting, May 2022 – A Swarmy Bee Tea at Dee May 25, 2022
- The Sideboard Bees May 11, 2022
- ONBG meeting April 2022 – swarm prep May 5, 2022
- Trends in beekeeping March 6, 2022
- A visit from … December 19, 2021
- Blenheim bees – news article and response November 9, 2021
- ONBG meeting, 1st August 2021 – out-apiaries and TBHs August 7, 2021
- ONBG meeting, July 2021 – Blenheim wild bees July 23, 2021
- Bees at the fete July 11, 2021
- ONBG meeting June 2021 – another Bee Tea at Dee! June 12, 2021
- Drayton beehive on display May 12, 2021
- Lockdown winter projects February 27, 2021
- Book review: Treatment Free Beekeeping, by David Heaf February 9, 2021
- Horizontal hive types January 17, 2021
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Tag Archives: Insulation
ONBG+ meeting, August 2019: insulation, cavity size, Golden Hives
The Oxfordshire group invited members from the neighbouring Hampshire and Wye Valley natural beekeeping groups to join us for a joint meeting at Gareth’s apiary – 34 people from 7 counties converged for the session. These annual co-events allow for … Continue reading
Posted in Apiary visits, Event, Experimentation, Hives, Honey bee research, Meetings, ONBG, Research
Tagged Cork, Einraumbeute, Golden Hive, Insulation, Torben Schiffer
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ONBG meeting, 9th March 2019 – new season, new faces!
Fifteen of us gathered at Mary’s in Oxford to share a meal, view her hives, and discuss bees and particularly preparation for the forthcoming swarm season. Spring has begun early this year and beekeepers are wondering if it is a … Continue reading
ONBG Meeting, 1st Dec 2018 – insulation and instrumentation
Eight beeks and some interested neighbours gathered at Gilliane’s house on the edge of Oxford to see her hive upgrades with cork insulation, how she remotely monitors the temperatures inside them, and to swap bee stories. Gilliane has already blogged … Continue reading
Hive insulation using cork
There has been considerable interest over the years in the use of hive insulation to provide an environment for the bees that is closer to their natural habitat of the interior of a hollow tree trunk. Reported benefits include reduced … Continue reading
ONBG meeting, 16th Nov 2017 – insulation, honey and mites
On a winter’s evening a dozen folk gathered at the Victoria Arms in Oxford to discuss, you guessed it, bees and beekeeping. Jack had brought along the heat-vision FLIR camera he used to photograph his hives’ heat profile in a … Continue reading
Observations with an Infrared Camera
The seasons are turning: we have days of fireworks and poppies, of squirrels skittish on ripe conkers, and clock-hours turning back. I worry about the bees. As I walk, misty-breathed beside the Thames, I think of them huddled together in … Continue reading
Posted in Experimentation, Hives, TBH, Technology
Tagged heat, infra-red, Insulation, overwintering, TBH, temperature, thermal, Winter
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April 2013 meeting
Eleven members converged on Steeple Aston, joined by a couple of conventional beeks who live nearby and wanted to know more about natural beekeeping. This led to a lively meeting with many parallel conversations. Neonicotinoids: We did have one semi-organised … Continue reading
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