What does an environmental consultant, a wildlife scientist and a physicist have in common? They all have written books about animals. And good books, too, with the help of science writers and their own writing experience. I love reading about … Continue reading
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You may remember last week’s account of our hive swarming. And how an hour or so after posting they swarmed again. So, what happened next? Well, this time they settled in an apple tree and, with the aid of a … Continue reading
An old proverb says: A swarm in May is worth a load of hay, A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon, But a swarm in July isn’t worth a fly. Of course that’s from the perspective of the … Continue reading
Readers may remember that last month the Arab spring spread to our hive in Northern France. Our bees, spurred on by buzzes on AntennaBook, rose up and overthrew the old Queen. Here’s the post. For five weeks we’ve watched and … Continue reading
By Chris Dolley The warm, dry weather continues and, with it, memories of 1976. That year started like this and, then, it didn’t rain until September. Already our lawn has patches of brown in it and our water butts are … Continue reading
Back in January I wrote a post about the beekeeper’s biggest fear – their hive not making it through the winter. We’d just had one of the coldest November/Decembers on record and we were waiting for a warm sunny day … Continue reading
A new year’s begun and the snow has finally gone. Temperatures have even reached a balmy 12°C – which, after 6 weeks of permafrost and sub zero conditions, is heaven. Even if the roof’s started leaking again. Buy that’s a … Continue reading
This picture was taken two nights ago at our smallholding in Normandy. We’d just gone into our field at the back to weigh bees – as you do – when there was an eerie noise to our right and… there … Continue reading