26th March 2021
At the 2019 National Honey Show John Chapple of Acton, London, writes that he was with a group of senior beekeepers having coffee and discussing how beekeeping was getting harder the older one became. "None of us wanted to use polystyrene which although lighter is so bad for the environment. Some suggested using only one brood box, changing to a WBC hive (more work but not so heavy), and then Professor Robert Pickard put forward his idea of partitioning the brood box into two halves."
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23rd February 2021
We all lose swarms now and then and it is sad to say goodbye to a favourite queen or a large workforce that might have gathered a good crop of honey. Furthermore, a swarm might become a nuisance to a neighbour if it moves into their chimney – and more of a nuisance to you when asked to remove them. Setting up bait hives between May and the end of July gives you a sporting chance of retrieving any swarms you might otherwise have lost and, perhaps more excitingly, gaining brand new bees from elsewhere. By Richard Rickitt, co-editor
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