Apiary Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/apiary/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:40:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Apiary Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/apiary/ 32 32 2696646 Apiary Manipulations https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/apiary-manipulations/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/apiary-manipulations/#respond Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:40:39 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37714 After a nice night away with Anna I decided to take a quick look at the bees. It had only been 5 days since I’d last inspected them but it’s prime swarm season so it’s good to keep an eye on them.  Leri Hive The first hive, Leri, was all looking good. They have a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/apiary-manipulations/feed/ 0 37714 The Trouble with Bees https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:01:45 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8497 The trouble with bees is that you just never know quite what to expect! Our last inspection was pretty good, all four colonies in all four hives were looking up with queens, eggs and larvae in all of them, no signs of swarming and they were beginning to draw out empty frames and start building...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/feed/ 0 8497 Our Growing Apiary https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/our-growing-apiary/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/our-growing-apiary/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:31:36 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8449 As mentioned in our latest beekeeping update, our apiary that started out with two hives currently has an additional third hive and a nuc box in it. We’re not plnning on keeping them all with full colonies in them and will probably merge them into two colonies before the end of the summer but at the moment...

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