February had been a dark, cold, windy month. First, we had Dudley, strong headed, persistent… dangerous… He caused destruction wherever...

Hello Everyone, You may have seen my recent posts on Facebook groups asking people to join me in a village wide project I’m initiating...

Hello Everyone and as the title says, “HAPPY (very bee-lated) NEW YEAR!” from Kat and I! We’ve had a fantastic few weeks of seeing...

Hello Everyone, I thought that as I’ve tucked up all of the girls ready for winter, now is the time to look back at the beekeeping year....

Hello Everyone, So, the Inglenook Artisan Market has been and gone. What a fantastic experience, we had so much fun and genuinely loved...

Hello Everyone, So first off, some exciting news! I’ve managed to get a place at Inglenook Artisan Market on the 10th of October! This is...

Hello Everyone, As the season comes to a close, there isn’t much I’m doing that’s interesting enough to talk about really. I’m mostly...

Hello Everyone, The time has finally come! Two years of hard preparation and work, countless stings and a staggering amount of money...

Hello Everyone, What a stunning week it’s been weather-wise; +30°C every day and glorious sun! The bees have been loving it! I spent the...

Hello Everyone, I guess it’s been over a week since my last post and I should really get into the swing of things again as I’m out of...

Hello Everyone, Well well well, what fun I’ve been up to since the last post. Not going to lie, getting married has been one of the most...

Hello Everyone, It’s me (Greg) back again and I think I will be the main writer for a while as Kat is quite busy currently, and probably...

Hello Everyone, It’s me again (Greg), Kat was busy with being a teacher/reputable member of society so she let me write another blog post...

Today we visited the apiary as a spur-of-the-moment decision on the way back from my wedding dress fitting (I'm not excited! You're...

These past couple of weeks have been a bit full-on for both Kat and I, so today I’m taking control! *evil laugh* The power! No doubt...

So today we first went to where our newly christened Steph and the Nuc reside. We wanted to check if they'd moved up into our top brood...

Yesterday was an exciting day for us. It was bee delivery day at the new apiary! Greg had ordered a full colony and a nuc of overwintered...

Today, inspired by the glorious weather, we completed our first full inspection of 2021. The temperature of the apiary was 21°C and sunny...

Welcome back to our second season of beekeeping. It feels like ages since we last wrote but Spring feels like it's well on its way and...

Happy New Year my fellow Beeks! This weekend has been the warmest and dryest so far at 7°C so Greg, who has been pestering to go and...

Since last I wrote Greg has been very busy. Very busy weather watching ... The weather has been rubbish - rainy and cold - and the...

Hi there, from a very autumnal and rainy cosy day. I thought I'd take this opportunity to update you again on the bees and the apiary. As...

So, having worked a 60 hour week last week, I hope you can understand why we skipped a post. We did inspect the bees but I just didn't...

Today we popped by the bees to do an inspection but it had to be cut short quite quickly due to the weather and Kat's impending workload...