by Mark Rogers | Aug 14, 2015 |
Nearly all the colonies have been split now. Some of the new queens from this exercise will create more colonies for increase and some will replace the old queen and make larger stronger colonies for foraging once re-united. Splitting involves opening a hive,...
by Mark Rogers | Jun 10, 2015 |
I’m sat within while it rains outside. My swede aches from too much sun yesterday and a sixteen hour day trying to cram in a fungicide spray around pollination so as not to disturb the bees while they work in the sunshine. Our new accommodation is taking shape...
by Mark Rogers | Apr 21, 2014 |
The orchard is harrowed, the spuds are in the ground and the contractor has just been to lime the soil and bring the PH back to normal. Nearly all the apiaries now have supers on and we’ve already had colonies superceding their queens. Friday even saw two possible...
by Mark Rogers | Feb 23, 2014 |
Pruning is now underway whenever the weather lets us, the fruit bud looks strong this year and although the temperature is quite high for the season they are still very hard so will be a while before they start moving up and softening. More mixed weather this week has...
by Mark Rogers | Feb 9, 2014 |
So, after a week at the NEC Birmingham for a huge trade show, the first thing to check on getting home is the state of the garden. Despite the wild weather, we have spring flowers showing – snowdrops, crocuses, a few daffs, witch hazel, winter honeysuckle,...
