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March 28, 2020March 28, 2020

The life of a Breconshire beekeeper part 2

February 28, 2020February 29, 2020

The life of a Breconshire beekeeper

September 19, 2018

The beekeeping year of continuous flow

February 18, 2017

Darwin’s difficulty with the evolution of Honeybees

January 20, 2017August 8, 2017

What are the best plants for bees?

October 21, 2016October 27, 2016

What is all the fuss about Nectar?

July 27, 2016

Beekeeping Master – the piping queen

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016

Feeding honeybees

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The #forgetmenot is flowering and secreting #nectar, much to the delight of the #honeybee. It had the smallest of #pollen grains and as you can see the bees tongue is a tight fit

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The #forgetmenot is flowering and secreting #nectar, much to the delight of the #honeybee. It had the smallest of #pollen grains and as you can see the bees tongue is a tight fit
The #pearblossom is two weeks later than last year; still not fully out. It’s being well pollinated as usual. Must be because of the cold start to spring we’ve had.
The Rosemary’s been flowering for quite a while now, late afternoon some #honeybees started foraging on it. See the #pollen on the hairs of the bee perfect for #pollinating.
These photos are of #varroa or #varroamite one is with a dead #bee near by so you can get an idea of the size of it. This is the inspection board from under a hive. The yellow lump is #pollen.
There are #drone #bees in the hives now. See how large his eyes are compared to the #workerbee. His main task will be to mate with a #virginqueen and he’ll need those eyes to see her.
When starting out as a #beekeeper, checking that a colony is #queenright is important to assess the colony situation. However, finding the #queen is sometimes difficult especially when the colony is large.

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