As soon a new Bee hatches it takes on a house work, like cleaning, feeding larvae, turning nectar into honey, etc ... once it becomes 3 week...

I believed that all Queen Cells opened at their side are the ones where that virgin Queen was killed by the Queen which emerged first or ...

I have inspected all 6 Top Bar Hives 2 days ago but had no time to blog about it so I'm going to do it now. Both mother colonies whi...

I forgot to report that I've got stung a few ... well dozen times yesterday while helping the Mykorrhiza group to move bees from their ...

It has happened :) Network Mykorrhiza moved a Queen-right split from their frame hive into their first ever Top Bar Hive :) which we have bu...

Let us whisper now ... contemplate ... why do I keep bees? ... I remember last year reading in The Barefoot Beekeeper book by Phil Chandl...