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2025

Shrub honeysuckle
Shrub honeysuckle
December 2025
Autumn apiary
Autumn apiary
November 2025
Hornet attempting to enter an open hive
Hornet attempting to enter an open hive
August 2025
Beekeeping
Beekeeping
August 2025
Allium
Allium
July 2025
Honey being capped
Honey being capped
June 2025
False valerian
False valerian
June 2025
Sunny Afternoon
Sunny Afternoon
May 2025
Beekeeper
Beekeeper
May 2025
Pollen forager
Pollen forager
April 2025
Pollen stores
Pollen stores
April 2025
Grape hyacinth
Grape hyacinth
March 2025
Viburnum Tinus
Viburnum Tinus
March 2025
Morning in the apiary
Morning in the apiary
February 2025
Elderberry cyser vinegar
Elderberry cyser vinegar
January 2025

2024

Dipped candles cooling
Dipped candles cooling
November 2024
Autumn apiary
Autumn apiary
October 2024
Cut comb in honey
Cut comb in honey
August 2024
"Bee Bee" Tree
“Bee Bee” Tree
August 2024
Comb honey sections
Comb honey sections
August 2024
Pollen-covered forager on hollyhock
Pollen-covered forager on hollyhock
June 2024
Frame from Queen Kew's hive
Frame from Queen Kew’s hive
June 2024
Forager
Forager
June 2024
Apiary in summer
Apiary in summer
June 2024
Forager on pyracantha
Forager on pyracantha
May 2024
Second cast swarm
Second cast swarm
30 April 2024
First cast swarm
First cast swarm
25 April 2024
Prime swarm
Prime swarm
10 April 204
Almond blossom
Almond blossom
March 2024
Flowering currant
Flowering currant
February 2024
Beeswax candle
Beeswax candle
January 2024

2023

Copper Bee Decoration
Copper Bee Decoration
December 2023
Beeswax jar candle
Beeswax jar candle
December 2023
Comb honey
Comb honey
September 2023
Solidago in the apiary
Solidago in the apiary
August 2023
Foraging for borage’s nectar and grey pollen
Foraging for borage’s nectar and grey pollen
July 2023
Queen Inez
Queen Inez
June 2023
Forager on lavender
Forager on lavender
June 2023
Queen Gina
Queen Gina
May 2023
Queen Elizabeth laying
Queen Elizabeth laying
May 2023
Forager on green alkanet
Forager on green alkanet
April 2023
Apiary in April
Apiary in April
April 2023
Flowering currant - the season begins
Flowering currant - the season begins
April 2023
Beeswax candle
Beeswax candle
February 2023
Beeswax candes
Beeswax candes
February 2023

2022

Tincture of Propolis
Tincture of Propolis
December 2022
Apiary in snow
Apiary in snow
December 2022
Pyment
Pyment
November 2022
Unusual forage - flowering cactus
Unusual forage - flowering cactus
August 2022
Bees drawing comb
Bees drawing comb
July 2022
Queen Dittany laying
Queen Dittany laying
July 2022
Forager
Forager
June 2022
Checking for queen cells
Checking for queen cells
April 2022
Forager on shrub honeysuckle
Forager on shrub honeysuckle
February 2022

Photograph album

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Spring Pollen Harvest
Spring Pollen Harvest
March 2020
Cork hive jacket
Cork hive jacket
February 2020
Winter honeysuckle
Winter honeysuckle
January 2020
Leaf print on copper roof
Leaf print on copper roof
December 2019
Frosty morning
Frosty morning
November 2019
Bee foraging on plum
Bee foraging on plum
August 2019
Comb with purple pollen
Comb with purple pollen
July 2019
Swarm
Swarm
June 2019
Borage
Borage
May 2019
Queen Ottilie
Queen Ottilie
May 2019
Queen Romaine's Swarm
Queen Romaine’s Swarm
May 2019
Bright orange pollen
Bright orange pollen
May 2019
Spring nectar flow
Spring nectar flow
March 2019
Water forager
Water forager
February 2019
Winter Aconite
Winter Aconite
February 2019
Snow
Snow
January 2019
Frosty hive rooves
Frosty hive rooves
January 2019
Water forager on Stachys leaf
Water forager on Stachys leaf
November 2018
Honey bee on ivy
Honey bee on ivy
October 2018
September apiary
September apiary
September 2018
Nasonov fanning
Nasonov fanning
July 2018
Beekeeper's notes
Beekeeper’s notes
Foragers
Foragers
June 2018
Pollen Foraging
Pollen Foraging
June 2018
Pollen foraging
Pollen foraging
June 2018
Summer Apiary
Summer Apiary
June 2018
Queen Peony's Hive
Queen Peony’s Hive
June 2018
Summer Apiary
Summer Apiary
June 2018
Bees on Lavender
Bees on Lavender
June 2018
New comb
New comb
May 2018
New bees at the bait hive
New bees at the bait hive
May 2018
Apiary
Apiary
May 2018
Brood frame
Brood frame
May 2018
Pollinator in the orchard
Pollinator in the orchard
April 2018
Beekeeping in the orchard
Beekeeping in the orchard
May 2018
The beehive at the end of the rainbow
The beehive at the end of the rainbow
April 2018
Forager on hellebore
Forager on hellebore
March 2018
Forager on blackthorn
Forager on blackthorn
March 2018
Forager on hellebore
Forager on hellebore
March 2018

For photographs 2014 - 2017 see our History.

Videos

Quick march

The hiving of a swarm, sped up and set to John Sousa’s Liberty Bell, played by the Band of the Grenadier Guards. This is filmed at the original CB4 apiary. For the story of the swarm and the original video see this post.

Water foragers

By playing the videos below you can see and hear the bees collecting water at the edge of the pond. These are filmed at the original CB4 apiary. It is a cold and windy day in March. The colonies’ need for water may indicate that they are using what remains of the previous summer’s honey stores. When the foragers return to the hive, house bees will unload the water from them and use it to dilute honey so that it can be eaten and fed to the brood. The honey is a concentrate which, like cordial, must be diluted before use.