Monthly Archives: April 2024

Memory Lane, 4th April 2023: Loads of brood frames

Getting ahead of the game a little (for a change), I decided to use my new frame-making jig to, err, make frames. I got a little carried away (because I’ll need them one day, regardless) and ended up with around … Continue reading

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It’s all go…

Sadly not in a good way in this case. My first EFB alert of the season has just arrived together with a request from a seasonal bee inspector to check some of my hives. Fingers crossed that none of them … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 4th April 2023: The greenhouse is filling up

Just waiting for an opportunity to plant out now…

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Beehive moves successful

Though it’s mostly been yet another fairly grim day weather-wise, there was sunshine earlier this morning and bees were flying, so before lunch I took the opportunity to check on the site that I’d moved the hives from yesterday. There … Continue reading

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Roof rebuilds finished

At last! I finally finished rebuilding my last roof today (for the moment, at least). Oddly the last one had an aluminium sheet roof covering rather than the more common rusty galvanised steel. This whole process has taken far longer … Continue reading

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Executive amnesia

It’s quite worrying, the level of amnesia demonstrated by some of the senior Post Office staff being questioned over their part in the Horizon scandal, particularly since it appears to be so selective. I think there really should be some … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 4th April 2023: Teasing bees out of a tree

As the bees were starting to become active again I visited the bees that I’d attempted to protect from the worst of the Winter because the tree cavity they’d been living in had been chainsawed through when it was being … Continue reading

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Almost there with the roof repairs

On to the last one now. I assembled the sides this afternoon, but need to find something suitable from my scrap pile for the battens inside. Pleasingly for all five roofs I’ve managed to salvage the roof cover and inner … Continue reading

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Final hive moved

Nipped out to the “leak” apiary after lunch today to install a screen under the roof of the last hive I had to move and remove the supers (not necessarily in that order 😀 Then this evening I went back … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 25th February 2023: Anyone need a leek?

There’s not a great deal in the garden that’s edible now, but I seem to be doing pretty well with leeks. I’ve not had much success with them until I tried Charles Dowding’s sowing method (four seeds to a cell … Continue reading

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