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botleymeadowbees
Nov 7, 20214 min read
Apiary Diary - September 2021
September activities – Beautiful beeswax – Beeswax in the hive – Uses for beeswax – Beeswax vs. soy and paraffin – Processing beeswax –...
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botleymeadowbees
Oct 14, 20214 min read
Apiary Diary - August 2021
August activities – Top bar hives explained: Hive construction - Colony organisation – Hive management - Honey extraction – Finding out...
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botleymeadowbees
Aug 6, 20215 min read
Apiary Diary - July 2021
The season’s first honey – How bees make honey – Honey varieties – How we harvest our honey naturally - Keeping it local – A ban on...
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botleymeadowbees
Jul 8, 20214 min read
Apiary Diary - June 2021
Managing new split colonies - June swarm collections - An unusual bee rescue - Callouts and conversions - Bee identification - Verge...
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botleymeadowbees
May 18, 20213 min read
Apiary Diary - April 2021
The apiary in April - strange weather, and preparing for the swarm season
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botleymeadowbees
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Apiary Diary - March 2021
Surviving winter floods and ‘robbing’ - New Top Bar Hive - Hive observations Surviving winter floods and ‘robbing’ Happily, all the...
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