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As we move into the month that normally gives us a good nectar flow in our area of operations, it

Photo: A Beautiful Bee Orchid in a member’s field Well, maybe I was a little optimistic that the weather in

Title photo: Swarm high up in a local wood. Anaphylactic ShockAt present many of our colonies, who are normally very

As we get into April the weather is still very dry with frosts at night reducing the activity in the

Photos by CAD As we move into March and the weather starts to warm Queens will start to up their

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