Monthly Archives: June 2021

One more swarm

I can stagger about a bit now the antibiotics are having an effect, so this afternoon I was doing odd jobs in the garden to stave off the boredom and when I was taking my shoes off to come in … Continue reading

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Swimming, 7th June 2021

Or rather, not swimming, 7th June 🙁 I was out in the garden after lunch on Saturday when suddenly many of my major muscles starting convulsing, to the point where it was painful and I had to drop to all-fours … Continue reading

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Swimming, 4th June 2021

Writing some time after the event, this isn’t a session I can remember too well thanks to what’s happened since. Hopefully that will be a one-off.

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Swimming, 3rd June 2021

Something of a nondescript session today. I wonder if I’m getting to the stage where I’m not going to get any faster for the time being.

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Swimming, 2nd June 2021

Bit of a tricky session today. I took my son with me to swim and with the other people in the lane it became a bit scrappy in terms of timing reps, so in the end I gave up and … Continue reading

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And another!

I’m wondering if there’s a wild colony somewhere around here, as this group had settled well away from my own hives. Unfortunately it was also about ten metres up in a sycamore tree so there was no way I could … Continue reading

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A second swarm

My daughter woke me this morning to tell me that another swarm had arrived. I’ve no idea where it came from, but the bees were still in the air when I got to a window and were clearly starting to … Continue reading

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First swarm of the season

On the first warm, dry day for weeks, I had noticed a higher level of activity than normal around the entrance to one of my hives, but I’ve not been opening the hives up when it’s been so cold and … Continue reading

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