John Wilkinson
Good crop on the heather
It’s been a miserable summer but the heather seems to be coming good. Picking up the bees tomorrow and next week will be heather honey...
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John Wilkinson
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Drone layer
First inspection of the year shows irregular brood pattern with drone cells. Not good this time of year. Only shake out possible, though...
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John Wilkinson
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Are they still alive?
At the time of year it’s still very cold but the bees are starting to emerge on warm days. I always put in the varroa boards for a few...
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John Wilkinson
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Post oxalic acid varroa check
Just checking the varroa boards after oxalic acid trickling at the weekend. Quite a few mites on all boards, definitely worth the effort.
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John Wilkinson
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
First session of the new beginners course
Looking forward to meeting a group of new would be beekeepers at the Border Beekeepers Association winter course. Its always great to get...
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John Wilkinson
- Jul 27, 2020
- 1 min
Bees to the heather
This week I took two hives to the heather moors at Greenlawdean. The heather is just starting to show, but there is also plenty of other...
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John Wilkinson
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
Getting through the fondant
Its been a fairly mild winter so far and the bees are gobbling up the fondant. Two hives had their fondant replaced today, though bees...
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John Wilkinson
- Jan 12, 2020
- 1 min
Checking the hives after a windy couple of days
Boy its been windy over the last 24 hours. A quick run round all the bee hives to check they are all still standing with roofs on - they...
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John Wilkinson
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
New Years Day
Repeated OA vaporisation on the hive with a big mite drop in December. Spent the afternoon making frames
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John Wilkinson
- Dec 31, 2019
- 1 min
End of the year
Last day of 2019. Cold day today below freezing most of the day, bees all tucked up - hopefully! Even too cold to go into the bee shed to...
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