Author: SBKA Admin2

This is the month life in the Apiary starts to get busy for the surviving colonies. After a cold snap

Image – Deer at Charlecote park As the bitter cold and snow of the January weather eventually arrives, our colonies

As we get through December it has been reasonable weather for the bees, cold and wet but with a few

At the start of the month the weather was far too warm for a ‘normal November’ if that expression can

Above – Worker Bee foraging on Ivy, taken by one of our members, BT. As we approach that time when

*A recent Hail Storm in Worcester, above. As we move into the Autumn months, one would expect the weather to

After all their hard work it is time to remove the summer honey crop and get it into jars for

Above – Two bees foraging alongside each other on Passion Flower. Well, here we go again with the vagaries of

Well, what a month it has been so far! First the nectar flow cut off as the heat parched everything

This month will see dramatic changes in our colonies as the number of workers and drones increase as the weather