Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The next step in ‘Plan Bee’ has been completed. My parents are here this weekend and my Dad brought the beehives that he has been carefully making. They look brilliant. As they are going to go in the garden we wanted them to look nice as well as be easy to use and functional, so...
‘Plan Bee’ is progressing well. We’ve been diligently attending the beekeeping course with the Aberystwyth beekeepers association. The lectures are good and we’ve been making new friends too. The coffee and cake is always a bonus as well. Morgan comes along with us at the moment, he sits there and plays on my iPad, but...
I thought it was time for a quick update on our beekeeping plans. As far as actual beekeeping goes then there isn’t much happening at this time of year, but we’re still busy working on the project for ‘Plan Bee’ in our garden. My Dad has been busy building two hives for us and they...
The bees we had on loan for a couple of months have now gone back to their owner. Unfortunately the weather was terrible while we had them and they didn’t fare too well. The bees were pretty hungry and there were quite a few dead ones in the hive. They did have some stores but...
We had a few nice days weather-wise on the Isle of Man (as well of course as a few wet ones) so managed to get out for strolls in the countryside. Anna’s Mum has a bit of an allotment that she works on and there is a little apiary there so as budding beekeepers we...
Ann popped around the other day to check on the bee hive. Apparently the top super is empty and the 1st one doesn’t feel that heavy either so it doesn’t look too good. The supers are where the bees store their honey so the fact they they feel light means there won’t be much honey...
It looks as though the garden has just about survived the recent onslaught from the approach of autumn. Everything looks a little worse for wear and most things are a little windburnt but nothing has been destroyed. Despite the onslaught the courgette plants have of course continued to supply us with a steady stream of...
Our adventures into Beekeeping continue. Regular readers will know that we currently have a bee hive on loan for 6 weeks situated at the bottom of our garden. All seems to be going quite well. We aren’t due to start bee-keeping properly ourselves until next spring but as we were near to a bee-keeping supply...
The bees that we have on loan seem to be happy. I’ve taken a look at the hive and there always seems to be a bit of activity around it and there are certainly more bees in the garden. The field behind us is full of clover at the moment too so hopefully they are...
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