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Message received from National Bee Unit, 13.00 Friday 27 November 2020 Observations from beekeepers and Bee Inspectors across the UK suggest that some colonies of bees are becoming short of food. Please monitor your colonies throughout the coming months and feed as required to ensure your bees do not starve. A standard full size BritishContinueContinue reading “National Bee Unit advisory”

Bee buddies Would you like a beekeeping buddy? It might be that you need a bit of help with the hefting or you’d just like somebody with whom to share our amazing hobby. Whatever it is, we have a buddy scheme which may be right for you! Whether you’d like some occasional assistance, a oneContinueContinue reading “Buddy”

By Charlie Mallindine The story starts in spring 2019. It was queen rearing season and we had big plans to re-queen our most aggressive hive – Queen Bluebell. Eventually after many failed attempts to rear a queen we succeeded, and the time arrived to give Bluebell, that angry tyrant, the chop. Now, Bluebell’s bees onceContinueContinue reading “Charlie”

DEFRA launches its Healthy Bees Plan 2030 to help protect honey bees Here is the press release from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rebecca Pow MP.There are links to more detailed information about the new plan and plenty background reading for the inquisitive but the two main ‘what can I do’ContinueContinue reading “Healthy bee plan 2030”

Temporary notice: The varroa calculator is currently not available on the new Beebase website. Meridian has asked asked the National Bee Unit to migrate it over as soon as possible as it’s one of the most useful tools on the site. In the meantime, we can use the graphs available in this document which canContinueContinue reading “Counting varroa”