Originally posted by ThePath on Honey Beekeeping

Well a bit behind schedule and not completely finished but the new site has been launched anyway! There has been some struggles, it definitely was not easy transfering all the data from the old site. However, I think most of the info has survived intact and I will be reviewing it all and adding more [...]

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Originally posted by ThePath on Honey Beekeeping

The Bungay Community Bee Group (BCB) as well as keeping bees helps with education and engagement. The Bungay Bee Hive Day on Sunday 24th July is the biggest outreach event BCB have organised so far. At this celebration of ‘all things bee’ with there will be a full programme of talks, walks and ongoing activities [...]

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Originally posted by ThePath on Honey Beekeeping

Abruzzo is the region in a central Italy, home to three protected national parks with most spectacular mountain- and sea landscapes. Due to the climate, altitude and protected status you can find a wealth of trees old beech woods, mixed with Turkey oaks and Austrian pines form most of the forests, with maple, mountain ash, [...]

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Originally posted by ThePath on Honey Beekeeping

According to a recent United Nations report, the potentially disastrous decline in bees, impacting the vital pollinating element in food production for the growing global population, is likely to continue unless humans dramatically change their ways. The United Nations define these “ways” as everything from insecticides to air pollution and go on to say: “The [...]

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Originally posted by jstone on Honey Beekeeping

Leaving my ‘Beginner’s’ series for a little longer, (or maybe for good??) this month I’ve submitted another of my ‘Personal Experiences’ stories. Once, when I was young and just starting to become interested in bees, or rather, started thinking about all the money I could make if I WAS interested in bees, my dad was [...]

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Originally posted by ThePath on Honey Beekeeping

Silently, billions of bees are dying off and our entire food chain is in danger. Bees don’t just make honey, they are a giant, humble workforce, pollinating 90% of the plants we grow. Multiple scientific studies fault one group of toxic pesticides for their rapid demise, and bee populations have soared in four European countries [...]

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Originally posted by jstone on Honey Beekeeping

Not all the things beekeepers do are always done the same way. Some beekeepers may tackle a task in one way while another beekeeper does it a different way. Sometimes a new beekeeper will not listen to a more experienced beekeeper and he pays the price for it. (This will be the topic of a [...]

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Originally posted by jstone on Honey Beekeeping

Last time we started looking at what you need. Lets now take a closer look at the first and most basic thing that you will need to keep bees – and that is the hive. When talking about hives I’ll be referring to 10 frame Langstroth hives, as this is what I have always used. [...]

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Originally posted by jstone on Honey Beekeeping

Having looked, briefly, at the ‘Why’ of beekeeping; and in more depth at ‘Where’, we now look at ‘What’. What will you need to start beekeeping? There is not a lot you’ll need just to get started. As you progress you may find that beekeeping is quite lucrative and decide to grow. As your apiary [...]

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Originally posted by ThePath on Honey Beekeeping

I thought Id write a quick article regarding swarming, in particular some signs to look out for which may denote that your hive is about to or will soon swarm. 1. Queen Cups One of the most obvious swarming behaviours is the building of queen cells. These cells normally reside on the edge of frames [...]

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