Tag Archives: nature

So you want to to know what food products bees really do pollinate?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

Well lets try food for a start…..If all the food pollinated by bees suddenly stopped being pollinated then the picture via the link below is what you would see in your supermarket. http://grist.org/list/this-is-what-your-supermarket-would-look-like-if-all-the-bees-died-off/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&sub_email=kevin918coleman%40btinternet.com Advertisements

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Bees and Biosecurity: Simple measures to control infections and keeping the bees happy.

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

Trees and Bees, the obvious top bar link. I have been promising to write something up for the blog for a few weeks now. What with the recent furore over Ash Die Back and other tree diseases its been one … Continue reading →

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Zombie flies and why we are lucky to live in the UK

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

A friend in Washington State, USA sent me a link to an article relating to zombie flies. Actually the flies are decapitating flies because that is apparently what they do to honeybees. However we are seeing an unprecedented rise in invasive … Continue reading →

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Transfer of Black Bees to TBH. The good news and the bad!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Hello All, I managed to do the transfer of the standard frames to the top bar hive on Sunday afternoon. There were a couple of things that I could have done better but that is always the way. However the … Continue reading →

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New bees update

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

I spent a lot of time observing the bees this morning and wanted to share my findings with the group for comments and guidance.  As some of the flying bees had been returning to where the hive had been originally … Continue reading →

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