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Colony Build-up The Queen tends to stop laying eggs for a while during the winter (typically during December and January, albeit she can continue to lay eggs throughout the winter in some cases). As the day length become longer in late winter/early spring the Queen will begin to lay eggs

Last Sunday Marta and I went to check up on our girls at the North Berwick apiary. It was sunny yet frosty. The moment I started opening the hives to top up Thyme syrup a blizzard came in and the results you can see on our YT channel. 

So, what’s the latest buzz in the gardening world? Bee gardens! That’s right. If you’re wondering why plant a bee garden, there’s a simple answer—bees are to be thanked for 1 in 3 bites of the food we eat. Bees help pollinate flowers and provide a rich harvest of fruits and

When winter rolls around, bears hibernate and birds fly south, but what about the bees? Like every other creature on earth, bees have their own unique ways of coping with cold temperatures during the winter season. One way bees prepare for the winter is by gathering a winter reserve of honey. Honeybees head to the hive when temperatures drop into the 50s. As the weather becomes cool,

John Dzierzon (16 January 1811 – 26 October 1906), was a pioneering Polish apiarist who discovered the phenomenon of parthenogenesis in bees and designed the first successful movable-frame beehive. Dzierzon came from a Polish family in Silesia. Trained in theology, he combined his theoretical and practical work in apiculture with his duties as a Roman Catholic priest, before being compulsorily retired by the Church