Bumbledown Bees – Chapter 2 – Just when you thought it was safe to go into the garden……. Blog 24/01/201924/01/2019 Dear Readers I hope you all had a smashing Christmas and I wish you all a very happy New Year. Part of being a beekeeper involves having a “puffer” (aka a Smoker), they come in various shapes and sizes and all start off really shinny and make that lovely “puffing” sound when
A Problem we thankfully haven’t got! News 14/01/201914/01/2019 Have a look at the short videos below - put's our woodpecker problems into perspective....... Video 1Download Video 2Download With thanks to Eric Low for use of these videos.
Making a Bee Cosy Blog 14/01/201914/01/2019 One of the talks I attended recently was by Derek Mitchell entitled “Honeybees and Mosquitos”. An intriguing title, and it turns out the Mosquitos were those twin engine planes of WW2, and not the blood-sucking kind. The link between the two is to do with our beehives and the specification of
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