Category: Bees
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Yard Beekeeping is Easy and also Rewarding
If you’re looking for a way to enjoy the wonders of nature while supporting local ecosystems, try backyard beekeeping. The process is easy and rewarding. Backyard beekeeping requires some basic equipment, including a smoker and veil, and can be done on a small budget. You can also catch a swarm or purchase a starter kit…
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Migratory Beekeeping Reviewing Solutions
Migratory beekeeping is the practice of moving hives from one location to another. The purpose is to help farmers pollinate crops such as apples, almonds, berries and pumpkins. About half of the 2,000 commercial beekeepers in the United States migrate. This pays off in two ways: it lets bees work a longer blooming season and…
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What do bees as well as infants have in common?
What do babies and bees have in common? They don’t read the same books as me. Our queen bee arrived on 20 July. We named her Constance Amelia Maund. She is about three months old here and staring at the sunlight through the trees for the first time. As you may have guessed, I have…
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The garden from May to July
Our neighbour’s buddleia is thriving much to the delight of bees, butterflies, hoverflies and wasps, and providing a feast of insects for the birds. Our own garden has overgrown in the heatwave as preparations for a special arrival (we don’t know yet whether we will have a queen bee or a king drone) have taken…
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A year in the garden– February
In the short month of February there is little activity in the bee garden, but there is a lot to observe. Which early bulbs have emerged – the snowdrops and crocuses planted in the shade beside the ivy or those planted in the lawn? Which plants are already springing up new shoots – the crocosmia…
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National Honey Week with Bee Urban
Did you know that last week was National Honey Week? To celebrate, a small group from LSE Bees joined Bee Urban in Kennington Park on Saturday October 28th. Bee Urban had honey tasting and honey beer tasting sessions. They also had community beekeepers on hand to answer questions about the hive, the honey extraction process and…
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A year in the bee yard– January
In January, the squirrels hop across the lawn digging up their buried treasure. It’s a good idea to keep the squirrel house full of monkey nuts unless you want spring bulbs unearthed and bird feeders raided. The magpies like the nuts too, and squabble with the squirrels. Shoots of snowdrops and crocuses begin to poke…