In the Apiary

As we reach the last really active month examining colonies and removing the summer crop of Honey, it is time

This is the month we should all run out of supers as the main summer crop pours in from trees

The ‘June Gap’ this year appears to be going on forever with temperatures well below normal and the torrential rain

As we move into the warmth of spring with longer days and plenty of blossom, the season has really started

As the weather has taken a turn for the better the spring flowers, many of them pollen and nectar producing,

After a warm February we have returned to normal wet and cold temperatures of March, with the colonies getting out

In the early part of the month we had a few hard frosts where I emptied my ‘Bee Shed’ of

The cold spell didn’t last long and as we move into January it is unseasonably dry and warm at 12o

At last those weather systems of winter have arrived to settle colonies down into their cluster to combat the cold

At the present time this November is rather dry and warm with the expected frosts clearly not going to arrive