https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts daily 0.75 2025-11-29 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2025/11/29/winter-insurance monthly 0.5 2025-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1764445547670-IK95LVO78TQHA28C4ACI/20251129_131217.jpg Posts - Winter insurance - Mugs are the new wooden blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1764445542261-SXJCWPM87UC1P50TLEBZ/20251129_131242.jpg Posts - Winter insurance - Sugar snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1764445547102-1EH1GVNJYRDZIRVUULAG/20251129_133744.jpg Posts - Winter insurance - Probably from the East Anglian sugar beet fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1764445556309-8J3AU3LY90YNM6GE2OSQ/20251129_135112.jpg Posts - Winter insurance - Filling the boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1764445556521-S46K3875Q9SW8ZMLMRJN/20251129_180343.jpg Posts - 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Limeflower honey - Extraction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1754588210446-YMITKYTUYS88ANGGHB2X/20250709_220002.jpg Posts - Limeflower honey - Filtering into the settling tank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1754588213469-MU4SJOR0CKB16BWG2C47/20250722_193105.jpg Posts - Limeflower honey - Cutting comb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1754588222711-M8MMB50V2G1H4YXHAYUZ/20250722_193334.jpg Posts - Limeflower honey - Filling jars of cut comb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1754588225788-GEI1PISGQVYG0JHZRD5P/20250722_220302.jpg Posts - Limeflower honey - Labelled jars of honey https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2025/7/16/slovenia monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1752695948491-839UT8R2D5CCBCFHSTZA/20250716_111841.jpg Posts - Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1752695839410-02ZT9MBSFBHR1J9H29YA/20250716_111920.jpg Posts - Slovenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1752697590476-75BNJWYY0R34NFNBEX51/20250716_145131.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Beehive panel with chicken motif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1752697591614-C1ME8XFYD22KVFN53ABF/20250716_145139.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Beehive panel with a description pleasingly translated into English as “Rabbit and fox make toast”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1752696927626-5DBKCWE9OXHZCQLAF4Q8/20250715_131211.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Bee house near Bled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1752696916763-O4N9HLJBG3CGLBPM5EZV/20250715_200553.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Bee house in Bled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1752696926363-CKB19MA2RGECUS5SF74T/20250716_110946.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Mobile bee house on the route to Radovljica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/516694b7-cfba-419f-adc7-15a49ee24666/20250716_144758.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Make it stand out Honey extraction equipment in the Apicultural Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/aa9a0b53-97b2-4676-902d-81ad5ba0e9da/20250716_151341.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Make it stand out A hive moving cart with suspension device, in the Apicultural Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/bba595a1-711e-4e84-be7c-29fe164c4ea1/20250716_114005.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Make it stand out Flower meadow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/13e3e344-49f9-480a-a59b-fbb5f07c7f02/20250716_213534.jpg Posts - Slovenia - Make it stand out Buckwheat honey https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2025/4/27/piping monthly 0.5 2025-04-27 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2025/3/26/ready-steady monthly 0.5 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/96b1f857-4d2a-451d-bc08-fc305288354f/20250326_165134.jpg Posts - Ready, Steady... - Make it stand out Flowering current https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/835effde-42a5-4ef9-a3ec-7609f6a11f38/20250326_130722.jpg Posts - Ready, Steady... - Make it stand out South facing water butt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/d215d906-b625-4129-aaee-1e99fd4e3d81/20250326_131504.jpg Posts - Ready, Steady... - Make it stand out Foragers return to Queen Flora’s hive https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2025/1/29/death-in-midwinter monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/46b374a5-a54f-4afb-839d-aa9f81ad77de/20250129_120816.jpg Posts - Death in Midwinter - Make it stand out Queen Elizabeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/a62614d8-4a2d-420b-b52b-c7487876c0bd/20250129_120438.jpg Posts - Death in Midwinter - Make it stand out Dead colony of bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1738175765664-BXDDO2SHCNO8F1T1LYN1/20250129_121542.jpg Posts - Death in Midwinter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1738175765519-GLM1FX7AU1MLU57B6JJS/20250129_121855.jpg Posts - 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That one in the background is just a pile of kit, not a residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/ec2c7d07-dae3-4df5-9c3a-515428073bd1/20241224_120141.jpg Posts - Christmas Eve - Make it stand out Hives of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Hope, and shrub honeysuckle https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2024/9/10/calibrating-calibrating-123 monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/86305d57-5512-472d-bc78-1e875d961e06/20240910_184935.jpg Posts - Calibrating calibrating 123 - Make it stand out The real deal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1725993570491-V0NZSCGKLUY9R5RZCZDY/20240910_184719.jpg Posts - Calibrating calibrating 123 - Put your sample on the glass plate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1725993561453-5MWRZBOS3MIE2DBKNH1G/20240910_184654.jpg Posts - Calibrating calibrating 123 - Point it at the light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1725993565432-SCI0ETH42DRVVNCQWUO1/20240910_184623.jpg Posts - Calibrating calibrating 123 - Take your reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/a0c22510-b564-42f7-9ade-f34984a1b7f8/20240910_184817.jpg Posts - Calibrating calibrating 123 - Make it stand out The refractometer in its case https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2024/5/26/queen-maureen monthly 0.5 2024-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/80b790bb-05b9-45c2-a7ee-475e5fa56e4f/20240525_114816.jpg Posts - Queen Maureen - Make it stand out Top of Queen Maureen’s brood box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/f25bda19-1bf2-4c50-bf98-b5d363451586/20240525_153404.jpg Posts - Queen Maureen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/9ab8905d-af20-404a-8fe0-e03e49130709/20240525_120005.jpg Posts - Queen Maureen - Make it stand out Not Queen Maureen https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2024/5/11/queen-jane monthly 0.5 2024-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/754ea391-245f-49cf-9515-0d4c137a025a/20240508_150036.jpg Posts - Queen Jane - Make it stand out Queen Jane at the comb edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/4630cb0c-74ca-43ec-a888-ab3ae2dbe286/20240508_163626.jpg Posts - Queen Jane - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/dd7bea98-02e9-4e64-8b47-2b39c9068c2c/20240508_163554.jpg Posts - Queen Jane - Make it stand out Queen Jane’s hive https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2024/4/21/rubber-band-beekeeping monthly 0.5 2024-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/dd4de181-78e9-4274-ae6e-08611490ea8e/20240418_152208.jpg Posts - Rubber band beekeeping - Make it stand out Ready to operate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/c2120c32-4cba-4143-839c-41ab03f627bd/20240418_152704.jpg Posts - Rubber band beekeeping - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2024/4/15/swarm-alert monthly 0.5 2024-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/90373a80-f1c3-45ac-8df4-e5ef7df7917c/20240411_084355.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out A pile of bees and an empty beehive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/6c9840ab-ceaa-44c5-985f-80ff96a91d25/20240410_192501.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out Operation Pear Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1713199292998-C1T5SCLE895EEZO7XNH3/20240410_192518.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Skep, propped up with rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1713199290025-HV5PN9YNXQH8VA659FAI/20240410_192941.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Nasonov fanning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1713199296261-CX1PDSOMIXTAWPUE6E3N/20240411_083707.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Bees flying to the skep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/d4330604-2a9f-4a57-a849-aeb5d291e69e/20240411_090526.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/768e3944-b3dd-4c4d-8d93-32b14f55eef7/20240411_085419.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out The bees start walking in… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/53be9d7e-a72e-4fe2-9424-5f6c46a1840b/20240411_090703.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out Bees Nasonov fanning at the new hive entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/23671a1d-0ffe-487f-906b-e4aa79aba71d/20240411_185337.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out An ordinary pear tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1ba88b77-42a7-4ce7-b927-718b70d8f420/20240410+QC.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/c7000b52-93c2-4fec-b1ba-eb27b65088ec/20240411_085605.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out …and pouring in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/b2cf7d73-d23b-40fd-b08d-48d0ab84ceea/20240410_134137.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/0762d698-12db-42a4-ad09-6c5872846003/20240411_090200.jpg Posts - Swarm alert! - Make it stand out The blur is a bee. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2024/3/20/have-we-lost-hope monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/5e1e607e-b860-4130-8db5-f998e37fb9d6/20240320_123527.jpg Posts - Hope Springs Eternal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/454a28d9-7999-4021-8a66-9c3b84de6f5d/20240320_125030.jpg Posts - Hope Springs Eternal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/adde22e8-8155-4654-82b3-ee84dee1ba2f/20240320_130050.jpg Posts - Hope Springs Eternal - Make it stand out Cover of the hive notebook, retrieved from the “inactive” pile. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2024/3/3/the-almond-blossom-appreciation-society monthly 0.5 2024-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/33453816-2298-4908-a4a6-c5887646fe43/20240303_132041.jpg Posts - The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society - Make it stand out Almond tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/338641cd-04bd-423b-aad3-fd7a5afae346/20240303_132436.jpg Posts - The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/838c945f-cbde-46d7-8f97-48add4938428/20240303_132147.jpg Posts - The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society - Make it stand out Almond blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/c7800086-201a-4f18-be10-cece07f8bea5/20240303_132651.jpg Posts - 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Honey Bees by Arndt & Tautz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/b8443c11-9884-4fe6-8872-47aecf57368d/20240212_133516.jpg Posts - Honey Bees by Arndt & Tautz - Make it stand out Nothing to do with the book, except that it was also in the Natural History Museum. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2023/12/28/home-brewing monthly 0.5 2023-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/ff493008-b8e6-4ab5-a8f1-401053e303dc/20231228_101834.jpg Posts - Home Brewing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2023/12/23/jar-candles monthly 0.5 2023-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1703357689058-3FB75KSQ3PS140TRJP9V/20231213_152945.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Some drops of Firmenich's honey signature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1703357688986-KHFGYVCNQZ0SEWFNY02R/20231213_171219.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Rose gold glass jars...nearly copper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/0c3ee385-cdd9-49c1-8a23-195b206289f6/20231223_171030.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Make it stand out Sinkholes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1703354286515-OPZJ4EVB0JYFUSKRRBTD/20231213_150530.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Jar candles in progress It’s healthy for a kitchen table to be coated in beeswax, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1703354288755-83BXA440OEUC9HZYE2HR/20231213_171315.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Cooling candle with twin wick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1703354333907-VRV1O7HLQ4Q1FG6D810H/20231213_171229.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Decorative copper bees on the lid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1703357431581-DLGMV2QNP9KAN8AQ1XEB/20231223_170757.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Towering flame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1703357433792-BNRGVT9PT86IRLQMFS14/20231223_184446.jpg Posts - Jar Candles - Steady burn https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2023/10/25/moulded-candles monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1698268318798-03G9HLGLMD392M9OYA93/20231025_181501.jpg Posts - Moulded candles - Molten wax in moulds Chopsticks keep the wicks central https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1698268318869-VH6RZQW60YS69QQ8JV8S/20231025_192942.jpg Posts - Moulded candles - Cooling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1698268321436-K22K1TQJP0VQKMRU0SVY/20231025_210121.jpg Posts - Moulded candles - Candles removed from moulds and wicks trimmed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1698268320586-0KLLQUCQR3KJBHCY97O5/20231025_210215.jpg Posts - Moulded candles https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2023/8/10/insulation monthly 0.5 2023-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/a0446fe5-0415-4073-ab60-3db1282664ce/20230810_191905.jpg Posts - Insulation - Make it stand out Beard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/68378fe2-6594-448a-93df-537439dfeaa0/20230810_191819.jpg Posts - Insulation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1f89327c-0154-40ac-bd2a-c43bae4889af/20230810_191832.jpg Posts - Insulation - Make it stand out Queen Hope’s hive with jacket (left); Queen Elizabeth’s hive with beard (right). https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2023/6/17/daughter-queens monthly 0.5 2023-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/a64bbe09-7214-44e0-9670-5307968393e1/20230518_Gina.jpg Posts - Daughter Queens - Make it stand out Queen Gina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/a7cbb799-6696-424c-a375-6f549e092e86/20230520+swarm.jpg Posts - Daughter Queens - Make it stand out At least I got a photograph before they went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/d354f6bc-99b9-4444-8c26-24213f5b9133/20230615+Queen+Inez.jpg Posts - 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Queen Elizabeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/92d22197-ab87-4eb8-a157-f67af0252ac5/20230511_122636.jpg Posts - Queen Elizabeth - Make it stand out Frame of bee bread and nectar https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2022/12/24/merry-christmas monthly 0.5 2022-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1671895868153-GNYZX6BTA9BD47AOKT3A/20221211_153357.jpg Posts - Merry Christmas - Queen Columbine's Hive in Frost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1671895873486-RFB5EAZ6HAXOLQ6YZBPY/20221212_101647.jpg Posts - Merry Christmas - Copper Bee Apiary in the Snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1671895920009-R7M93ULA0Y3SRIZOYV8K/20221211_153135.jpg Posts - Merry Christmas - Queen Belladonna's hive stone in frost https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2022/8/10/thymol monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/69544216-65ba-459a-8aff-829f23819a4c/20220810_164142.jpg Posts - 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Queenright - Make it stand out The skep after initial placement on the table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/e00928db-27f6-4b6d-a433-00574e5af4b1/20220510_183135.jpg Posts - Queenright - Make it stand out Orienting https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2022/5/7/queen-in-the-box monthly 0.5 2022-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/e87484ab-7c2f-489c-85b6-f97669523c56/20220507_141555.jpg Posts - Queen in the box - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/9ed017b7-d7a2-468e-a113-8bad98f7b947/20220507_171806.jpg Posts - Queen in the box - Make it stand out Nucleus box with new swarm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1651943230858-RTDXJWWB3XI1FX033VQH/20220507_152829.jpg Posts - Queen in the box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1651943230448-UGH6N56E8QYK9WH5E35T/20220507_153023.jpg Posts - 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Zzzzzzzzz Aaaaargh - Make it stand out Bees walking up the ridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/4b0676bc-0ae8-4bce-9bdf-ad63426e9ccf/20220424_141130.jpg Posts - Zzzzzzzzz Aaaaargh - Make it stand out Plan B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/d0709820-59f2-43b3-a173-0a611e7558b8/20220424_133408.jpg Posts - Zzzzzzzzz Aaaaargh - Make it stand out Swarm in the damson tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/76031990-edd5-43c8-af91-de205228498a/20220504_140501.jpg Posts - Zzzzzzzzz Aaaaargh - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2022/4/20/uncapping-drone-brood monthly 0.5 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/d3e6647c-6218-441d-8ef8-96edce1dc7b9/20220420_112514.jpg Posts - Uncapping Drone Brood - Make it stand out Inspection of pink-eyed drone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/0672ea14-7dc4-4934-975f-21200d2e43e0/20220420_121008.jpg Posts - Uncapping Drone Brood - Make it stand out Mite! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/0a399fce-681c-4f36-89c8-02dc321b8257/20220420_112250.jpg Posts - Uncapping Drone Brood - Make it stand out Lunch is ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/50272f85-ee61-4958-a7d8-9c8ecbd42e05/20220420_112405.jpg Posts - Uncapping Drone Brood - Make it stand out Uncapped pink-eyed drone and white-eyed drone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/ca45aeb3-f454-4900-a6d7-f1253d4d7b8e/20220420_112305.jpg Posts - Uncapping Drone Brood - Make it stand out Cut out drone brood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/189836b2-6e29-45af-b5e3-b128bcfaf100/20220420_113351.jpg Posts - Uncapping Drone Brood - Make it stand out Is there a mite in this picture? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/6a355331-f1a7-435e-a97c-04a8d0dbf224/20220420_121034.jpg Posts - Uncapping Drone Brood - Make it stand out Clean backs https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2022/3/17/take-floor monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/7a9ff10f-0b11-4ac3-b716-8954b1d8b3a8/20220317_122816.jpg Posts - Take Floor - Make it stand out Pollen foragers returning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/180e43cb-d7e4-468e-bf6a-b4c30019e5c1/20220317_122802.jpg Posts - Take Floor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/b057c76d-02a9-4c00-a9d0-681a44b982dd/20220317_122308.jpg Posts - Take Floor - Make it stand out Floor after winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/a778bab0-1509-46f9-a57f-c5b8fb508972/20220317_122302.jpg Posts - Take Floor - Make it stand out Hive floor after winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/909bed9b-58fa-468e-ae60-d335e117c0d4/20220317_123117.jpg Posts - Take Floor - Make it stand out Chalkbrood mummies https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2021/5/22/my-secret-is-out monthly 0.5 2021-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1621687710581-WWLLWB07HV9Q27KSGQVO/Look+cover.png Posts - My secret is out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2020/12/24/honey-safari monthly 0.5 2020-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1608840309525-02U996HTGW9NGRJMAF54/euca1.jpg Posts - Honey Safari What a beautiful label - if I were judging a book by its cover, I would give it high marks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1608842069776-SK412D01MK8HSGKMFDZV/zamb1.jpg Posts - Honey Safari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1608843239958-6UAT8BFKILC3BJ48B357/Zamb4.jpg Posts - Honey Safari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1608839394206-J9QUZSJ6EEU2RC4AQRC8/oak2.jpg Posts - Honey Safari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1608842175040-M6RED6IXT1P7RH31W5DT/zamb2.jpg Posts - Honey Safari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1608838645003-D4F4OMQJ68STBSZ4124R/Oak1.jpg Posts - Honey Safari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1608842531633-UN0XBGUCX9KKEMJ4UMT3/zamb3.jpg Posts - Honey Safari https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2020/4/22/on-sabbatical monthly 0.5 2020-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1587550425871-WQPO0S4Y1N7FI3OWXICP/lung.jpg Posts - On Sabbatical I stooped to graverobbing. This heavy comb of ivy honey (one of many) is from Queen Uma’s hive. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2020/4/1/boiling-brood-frames monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1585773414434-1C21O3KY5O8JPYXMN1Y9/GN1.jpg Posts - Boiling Brood Frames - Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1585773441017-Q6YFYA5IBMOCDKWYBT78/GN2.jpg Posts - Boiling Brood Frames - Down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1585773478361-8EZ52JPCTXC9FMO64X28/GN3.jpg Posts - Boiling Brood Frames - Sideways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1585773479796-RRWM2C3TQQZDGEBQX5A4/GN4.jpg Posts - Boiling Brood Frames - Steaming dry on the kitchen table The kitchen smells like a sauna with all that steaming hot wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1585772816895-NX24L5W55OBSC3W1SJSO/GN.jpg Posts - Boiling Brood Frames GN 1/1 200 mm pan. £34.99 from the nice people at Nisbets. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2020/3/11/spring-haiku monthly 0.5 2020-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1583927503790-HYM5XI551SA7CV07RWWB/haiku.jpg Posts - Spring Haiku https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2020/1/4/name-stones monthly 0.5 2020-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161553082-ZX5W53Z5UK534FUICXTL/Apiary.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161492868-8YWEZJ22LG8D115ZQKFS/UmaU.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161475685-UGHPGVDFLMG85RXV7XDX/XantheX.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161232205-LRHBNI9KR20WQB2QI6A3/ABC.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161235847-FYVSF75MORVRA1IF02JW/DEF.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161258713-D3KHG7WV1NLCCSKREV6Q/GHIJK.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161253355-QGWGUSFJT71GGOO4QDFR/LMN.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161285267-44YW6HGX374P8DVQ94KQ/OPQ.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161294125-BCME0IY6BWLBN01916RS/RST.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161322368-JHUB3IITW2Z87U8W1Q8B/UVW.jpg Posts - Name stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1578161328099-NBRXIQ1ABVOPXB45ECLY/XYZ.jpg Posts - Name stones https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/12/24/christmas-presents-for-the-bees monthly 0.5 2019-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1577210242557-50ZDAG4LLYDD8AVVJNBE/sugarboard.jpg Posts - Christmas Presents for the Bees Sugarboards in progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1577210026576-J5V391SMNE0M6C87X9K3/corksleeve.jpg Posts - Christmas Presents for the Bees New cork sleeve installed today on Queen Uma’s hive. The hive has an extra brood box on top to raise the roof above the top of the cork - a shorter box would be better so I’ll swap it out - or I might rest the roof directly on the cork sleeve. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/11/30/frosty-morning monthly 0.5 2019-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1575113938681-1PTDXQBPGHO8CD9ZO27I/test.jpg Posts - Frosty Morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1575114378046-MTD9HRZXKKHDP3LD1EH8/1.jpg Posts - Frosty Morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1575114375765-3UOG4NYXP4BBMZAETCO8/2.jpg Posts - Frosty Morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1575114416589-KDCXWQ349N7FZ1G2EJ7R/3.jpg Posts - Frosty Morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1575114415897-TMR1YI66TWB8L1DMJ8RZ/4.jpg Posts - Frosty Morning https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/9/29/efb-picture-diary-part-vi monthly 0.5 2019-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569771272245-ZU0449N88J9CRHD6I2PJ/EFB-1.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI The brood aren’t alright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569775632847-1CO7UEMF9LXWNV9EY9YD/fire2.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569771329149-L2ZKJE8RMLV86A1VKH0B/EFB-2.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569777083861-GRK2HO3WDS3BTUIO0VMR/stack.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI Torched kit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569772460267-ECC5UNG8K94FGOFJUSCL/mite.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI Death by varroa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569775255454-0ZVTG8J1QS9VM4JPRBTV/deadbees.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI Dead bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569774787490-212HDCNNDJB43DJKBP8Q/tapeY.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI Hives taped for petrolling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569776719919-N6E0KDBWS0PRPRQR78E6/propolis1.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569774952813-76V3C3O0GX5VA8K9IJSH/tapeV.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569775911372-CPGXAOPUGEVQTZYCNSRJ/fire1.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1569776673733-MN065BCYPUMG3F5Q79E0/propolis2.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary Part VI https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/8/24/plums monthly 0.5 2019-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1566681996547-OF52HLCFLVVRR7UDU3Z5/Plum1.jpg Posts - Plums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1566682008639-0JIT5AT2K4GROQ5UBFAZ/Plum2.jpg Posts - Plums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1566682002594-XQX1R14WTK06ET66WGWV/Plum3.jpg Posts - Plums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1566682020542-4W61M3B12Y45PFFDZ4EB/Plum4.jpg Posts - Plums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1566682026260-9HZKI9SE5U02EJYB4KP0/Plum5.jpg Posts - Plums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1566682029728-RLCB1O1VFVX8S3SXSKX1/Plum6.jpg Posts - Plums https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/7/6/the-roof-bees monthly 0.5 2019-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562451925473-KJGCIGS898ZAD57TYWB1/today.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees I know you’re up there, bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562450104934-9659MTKCWHUTKZR48MVB/front.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562450107217-Z4DZB335A0JLSY1GDTBQ/front2.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562450120717-TAHM07NYRN1CEIZWXCWP/front3.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562448855592-NUDQHWC2R5F6UKNC3T84/frameafter.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees After. The bees do it neater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562451970054-CGSSPB0Y9B7Y8N4Q1XOZ/today2.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees Catch us if you can! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562430036694-3V5YL220102M8NR7ZC7D/peonysky.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562446328491-EP5CAJL5TDZASR8E2LVM/tipbearer.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562448714275-J00NPYVEKLVFN6XCTL61/framebefore.jpg Posts - The Roof Bees Before https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/7/3/efb-picture-diary-v monthly 0.5 2019-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562178956083-QWJJYC0SEQ8WAEVQHH2A/nbu3.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part V The Bee Inspector makes his records (on the official iPad) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562182164368-CPET8T9CS8E0ZPVF8E1C/Peony+in+a+pear+tree.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part V https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562171958158-VGQ4A9A05X69LZ3HZ5X0/nbu2.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part V Squatters in the attic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562181515675-ZRVELN1DSN6A2T4LQ2S7/nbu5.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part V The good paperwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562179007893-LFPJPHP5IV6WPKARRGD8/nbu4.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part V Bees in the roof https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1562170288555-W2PUA5IPRXA6GPY9CJ9G/nbu1.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part V The Inspector calls https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/6/14/the-sun-came-out-and-so-did-the-bees monthly 0.5 2019-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1560547790100-HLLHFR3QURWJZ5MVPPVS/moonlight.jpg Posts - The sun came out, and so did the bees Dancing in the moonlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1560547234904-RZ37QY1AHWLFC3TT8D13/shape.jpg Posts - The sun came out, and so did the bees The shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1560547679509-BN54TFWHQ2GBQA10K6Q3/sunshape.jpg Posts - The sun came out, and so did the bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1560547701487-DQCWJY8FR1RCQTV7FLCX/treebeard.jpg Posts - The sun came out, and so did the bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1560547304026-E8BBEPJFZHJO18DSTPH6/gauge.jpg Posts - The sun came out, and so did the bees 24 hours of rain. The rain gauge has never been so happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1560805228112-545W3HJB6KOR2CBO3QRL/whatsapp1.jpg Posts - The sun came out, and so did the bees - ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1560805228532-D2P0UGM7OJKS16CFDQ5C/whatsapp2.png Posts - The sun came out, and so did the bees https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/5/24/long-live-queen-uma monthly 0.5 2019-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1558694231010-8QXGH3ASELSZ9RAVD0UJ/wax1.jpg Posts - Long Live Queen Uma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1558694219485-TCJQUUS7J9INVMTUPDXH/wax2.jpg Posts - Long Live Queen Uma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1558694226392-GTZ0U564GNEN7ADK38D0/wax3.jpg Posts - Long Live Queen Uma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1558694561661-WQH6FOB1KVIPU8AWVSMP/Uma1.jpg Posts - Long Live Queen Uma Queen Uma’s hive by daylight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1558694602810-ROCYD3M5ZCQJB35F0UM2/Uma2.jpg Posts - Long Live Queen Uma Queen Uma’s hive by thermal camera at night https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/5/12/efb-picture-diary-iv monthly 0.5 2019-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557613279293-TMR5LQRILU0UKXU9Q90W/ready.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV 7 May 2019. Hive prepared for petrolling at dusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557616609477-E32DSHIPKBHZVSMQLPI1/frames.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV The many dead bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557617539789-PTDK4OTVNR1VR5V1L9YT/fire.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV - Fire lighting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557617670474-H6X2HLFN4BXJ1W564JOY/scorch.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV - Scorching the brood box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557617761643-0450NXSDA0H93I0ECDUS/scorched.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV - Scorched kit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557617889295-FUCW65L4OVDNXW4KRSVI/stand.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV - Scorched stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557616869338-SYF3NOJPXT0E3MUN68Q1/dead.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557614802601-ZF3D9X5BQ42CAUSLFWDX/pit.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV 8 May 2019. The pit is ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557612326188-Y4YPJNW2UVYONVVOWI6S/before.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV 6 May 2019. Queen Mab’s colony before destruction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557616072218-MEBLKUYOOVJ9MERRPMU3/two.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV NBU at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557613524365-CUB8T920BUCA5VFZK3NE/after.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part IV 8 May 2019. The next morning. A quiet hive in the rain. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/5/4/swarm-collecting monthly 0.5 2019-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556988112442-RT33LMLRGQUKGL756011/swarm1.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557062709991-WHTZL5G9KVCHTTH2HWU7/swarm8.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting Bees crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556989566731-T83S75LRYY9BWE89V7Y5/swarm2.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting Bees in the box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556991548359-A80R2O18TBGE4XHIOO8K/swarm3.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting - Bees in box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556991530879-SX7Y5TAHDA54ARA067J4/swarm4.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting - Post-It notes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556991625083-1F8XAZ8U12C0SBA7V9HR/swarm5.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting - Box under hedge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556991628627-J7U7MGAAOX4N8KROPJY2/swarm6.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting - With branch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1557062660959-FRHKA8K3LWGRGZP2DXZT/swarm7.jpg Posts - Swarm Collecting A box of bees https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/4/30/efb-picture-diary-iii monthly 0.5 2019-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556655393775-TTVJJCRW6Q0WOM1K4KRE/EFB1a.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556655397780-EMJGRTKE82J9TLV5Z8IT/EFB2a.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556657764309-0U7JFDL5ZYS4KD0EH9CT/EFB3.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556655173426-T4K0ZB66OABXTXL12NTU/EFB1.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part III - Bad signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556655176412-7RRN68KWBI9VRJ0E9MXN/EFB2.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556659922505-IAPQ0HYB7DHWEIPK2193/test-results.jpg Posts - EFB Picture Diary - Part III DNA test results https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/4/27/shaken-but-not-swarmed monthly 0.5 2019-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556396439505-WE1O8YZA95LB90GQI9EP/Peony.jpg Posts - Shaken but not swarmed Queen Peony’s bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1556395646325-436JDS7Y4RNTEL00TOT9/Romaine.jpg Posts - Shaken but not swarmed Queen Romaine’s bees the day after being shook swarmed. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/4/24/who-mourns-the-wasps-me monthly 0.5 2019-04-24 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/4/19/very-sloe-sorbet monthly 0.5 2019-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1555707489330-W8NJY9WII7AQ2KLES7RA/sloes.jpg Posts - Very sloe sorbet Sloes (and bullace) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1555707560274-EAUHGA7DS26UUQSCB4SU/sloesorbet.jpg Posts - Very sloe sorbet Very sloe sorbet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1555707597485-29DPCQ20Q1Q6T2DZJKWK/sloemash.jpg Posts - Very sloe sorbet Filtering sloe mash https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/4/10/a-copper-spring monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1554910972620-2PJLQPDC8YFRLG1OQ11I/bag.jpg Posts - A copper spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1554911259946-VIF1NOJMJJYMNRG1L0O0/-ve.jpg Posts - A copper spring Negative. Only the control band shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1554910703863-5QIIY4DLWKA928AOZALN/beesuit.jpg Posts - A copper spring https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/3/28/deformed-wing-virus monthly 0.5 2019-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553813573722-N2XJKQ14BNDWGMDTCJFV/DWV.jpg Posts - Deformed Wing Virus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553818299776-NO2T9IJS19AVVWC4P5XC/DWV2.jpg Posts - Deformed Wing Virus - Deformed wings Front and back wings, unlinked and shrivelled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553818299783-114EJA49B80D0JMV2O3N/DWV3.jpg Posts - Deformed Wing Virus - Deformed wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553818301368-AQ7IW1VSPY45O0N1EMN7/DWV4.jpg Posts - Deformed Wing Virus - Bee dying of DWV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553818301871-UTGQ5Z3QXPP0FPV6JK12/DWV5.jpg Posts - Deformed Wing Virus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553818302122-KUPPD4SH9JCQGDXCIKL0/DWV6.jpg Posts - Deformed Wing Virus https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/3/20/we-made-landing-boards monthly 0.5 2019-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553115906498-XBFTR54FQ8TR9EXALN6Q/190320-0.jpg Posts - We made landing boards BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553119355479-51D35EJJ2J9QEHUHW1YO/190320-c.jpg Posts - We made landing boards Ta-da! The first finished landing board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553119725822-AUSPPVNPMCTK070LEHX7/190320lb.jpg Posts - We made landing boards My brilliant design drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553119100970-RDJCJ78NVAIMTN6C8LAN/190320-a.jpg Posts - We made landing boards - I stole the door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553119114229-MT0764WE6BPEZZUBDE1R/190320-b.jpg Posts - We made landing boards - Its last day as a door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553115406862-QMZHYU0WH4LWLAZMJXJH/190320-1.jpg Posts - We made landing boards AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553120589120-4SM5Q67UWZNOW144IEL4/190320-h.jpg Posts - We made landing boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553120584639-DZBRMN3JCU0TTLYWYW20/190320-i.jpg Posts - We made landing boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1553117518525-4UD8BOPFU4V3AKWI9AMI/190320-4crop.jpg Posts - 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We made landing boards There is too much poo in this picture. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/2/28/these-strange-days-of-summer monthly 0.5 2019-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1551347748589-0NWU24V1TGSVN7KUDOEF/hive.jpg Posts - These strange days of summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1551351617560-FBG6SDZ7MPXQSE6ZH3AR/drinking+group.jpg Posts - These strange days of summer Drinking bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1551348168193-1RCZSQEY4ZROLGDIWFWX/almond.jpg Posts - These strange days of summer Almond blossom https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/2/14/a-great-day-for-flying monthly 0.5 2019-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1550182636644-1ELS958Z3EOS5VR8ZLGZ/op.jpg Posts - A great day for flying Queen Peony’s hive (left) and Queen Ottilie’s hive (right), with Queen Mab’s hive in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1550182391688-TWTCWN06GLLAG9LNZD7R/mab.jpg Posts - A great day for flying I put sawdust under the hive stands to suppress the growth of the grass there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1550181315481-Y6Z6OIOTM34QIAFB04A5/R1.jpg Posts - A great day for flying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1550181311328-F8ZY80TY6HSW1UBSN02C/R2.jpg Posts - A great day for flying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1550182999378-8S6KV96CWD533H5X8FJW/queenie.jpg Posts - A great day for flying Workers at the entrance to Queen Queenie’s hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1550183716567-ZPDKZ4LV8XMVN6JQ6NXN/R3.jpg Posts - A great day for flying Pond digging site in front of Queen Romaine’s hive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1550181759958-OCOIWTA1DE30K6EC3Q43/Spring.jpg Posts - A great day for flying https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/1/23/the-chemistry-of-quince-jelly monthly 0.5 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1548256804545-YTVY1ZRWAURLE202UQDK/QJ5.jpg Posts - The Chemistry of Quince Jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1548265697899-CRYR64N4P3I7FWGYF88Q/QJ6.jpg Posts - The Chemistry of Quince Jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1548259857450-PY5WHISTATU4MOYAS3KV/The-Chemistry-of-Jam-Making.png Posts - The Chemistry of Quince Jelly With thanks to Compound Interest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1548255586916-5UISSDFJ4NO14SQCDBTN/QJ2.jpg Posts - The Chemistry of Quince Jelly The quince jelly setting test plate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1548256386693-YXSDANEUFWGKAH3TDKNY/QJ3.jpg Posts - The Chemistry of Quince Jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1548256384105-4BKK6HIRJQH2YJFWW3BU/QJ4.jpg Posts - The Chemistry of Quince Jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1548251141912-VX6ZRSHS2H8GUIB3NHBJ/QJ1.jpg Posts - The Chemistry of Quince Jelly https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2019/1/12/sugar-for-my-honey monthly 0.5 2019-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1547306207626-NOEFTKZPZ8JO5A3A6AKB/IMG_20190109_135647002_HDR.jpg Posts - Sugar for my Honey Fresh sugar bergs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1547305984056-7ARNF9CG9EBUJE7QNIR3/IMG_20190109_135319299_HDR.jpg Posts - Sugar for my Honey Hungry bees https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/12/30/sugar-boards-and-dry-boards monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854245164-NMGTD4UVJRA1YWNB2HVS/IMG_20181212_212937869.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - I built a wooden frame - like an eke - out of slats from a dismantled wardrobe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854191362-5BG1I04F1K3L5W2MF05V/IMG_20181212_174402964.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - It had pre-existing ventilation holes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854210988-7RWHG0GIQI7BJ5MC3QO5/IMG_20181212_174415764.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - which will let air flow through the dry board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854192603-2KML5IJUVDWRGVQ2S17S/IMG_20181212_174014119.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - I stretched loosely woven cloth over the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854254249-8OGE923IUQGL1G3NEZ8M/IMG_20181212_213006108.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - and stapled it on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854214463-3HB9H59HPOB4YLBQRK86/IMG_20181212_212321452.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - I'd started collecting corks to fill the dry board, but didn't have enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854266606-J0MBCUJ7ZRQ2MA9SA1SV/IMG_20181219_110630997.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - So I decided to try shreddings from the paper shredder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854271951-VMV4EB55DU3UIY5IPPE5/IMG_20181219_110648620.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - Rusty uses wood chip but I didn't have any to hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545854282054-RE4A80BIA8S0IAY6BZ29/IMG_20181219_110755896.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - The paper rests lightly on the cloth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545866172202-2UJ4D51VST3BYDU7KEB2/IMG_20181219_171907660.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - Neat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545866159428-TGSD90LMHAK0B42U89EZ/IMG_20181219_171151164.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - Nailed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545866157456-D4PE9ITKTJY21C3710DY/IMG_20181219_165729859.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - Screened! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1546639417385-L5ZTNQA6FN3EQWTJ795D/IMG_20181212_202352590.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1546639418233-LX7TBWI6QPL77EXBR7C6/IMG_20181212_203133548.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - Bee spacing slats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1546639438606-QEFL5I9G8941LCB9VU1B/IMG_20181212_203211054.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards - One beespace wide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1546639439030-01HWRF8P7QSX6SO3SS77/IMG_20181212_204035437.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1546639450256-QD732W8WXWVQJ8RSW43T/IMG_20181212_204510382.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545865208642-8NV8YTFWHOF5SH9ANLP3/IMG_20181219_114348818.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards Stacked sugar board and dry board waiting to be added to Queen Romaine’s hive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545867228934-M4A7FZ7YJJJG84GC1H8C/Dry2.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1545867314315-O9SJLPO6SPH4RYMQANXK/IMG_20181219_114812277_HDR.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards and Dry Boards Sugar board and dry board in place. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/12/25/me-made-mead monthly 0.5 2018-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538929796104-9TK9VO72NDWRFQHRG3BI/IMG_20181006_172804771.jpg Posts - Me Made Mead Mead “Copper Christmas” 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538929502559-D5C60PKBWU3GZWFJ6DQ8/IMG_20181003_213427302.jpg Posts - Me Made Mead https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/12/24/merry-christmas monthly 0.5 2018-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539541796035-E5YMUY0DLZX0DEDQ9M6F/xmasb.jpg Posts - Merry Christmas https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/11/29/sugar-boards monthly 0.5 2018-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543445698612-0T6RKISAQKWRJ7VBHSK3/IMG_20181128_185121525.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 1. Take an eke. Or build one. But I started with this one that I already had. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543445742553-9NCMULOIXFY50SS5MRPE/IMG_20181128_185242636.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 2. Add one of those plastic queen excluders. Yes, the ones that many beekeepers don’t like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543445776532-7K68IA5Y5D933N0Y7LHT/IMG_20181128_191154536.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 3. Nail it on. I couldn’t get the nail heads to go flush with the plastic. I hope it won’t be a problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543445808293-AS5W3MATP9GC0M2KUZVJ/IMG_20181128_191403955.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 4. Upturn it on a covered workbench. I put a plastic board underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543446061178-SB8NJ0BHBESCMAPACMD9/IMG_20181128_192253330.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 5. Take 4 kg white sugar. Quite a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543446094707-RNHI6ZIEADMYVUWX0DEI/IMG_20181128_193017683.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 6. Add 10 tablespoons of water. The fun part! Mix it by hand. It’s like snow. An illusion that is enhanced by the sugar being icy cold having just come out of the pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543446136126-46V1KM7PM02ZA62RON2R/IMG_20181128_193424519.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 7. Place a wooden block in the middle of the eke. Luckily our garage is full of such things so a bucket of suitable wooden blocks was readily to hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543446170653-TC8X15JC8FS1NZ485I01/IMG_20181128_193852910.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 8. Add the sugar, and tamp it down. There was just enough to thinly cover the queen excluder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1543446202676-GVLUEMXMPOP0XIW2MZU7/IMG_20181128_193915444.jpg Posts - Sugar Boards - 9. 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Honey or Ivy? A. She’s an Ivy bee. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/10/17/efb-picture-diary-ii monthly 0.5 2019-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539777683046-9KAF9G6W8247W0Z0TE1D/IMG_20181017_125423739.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part II Monday, 15th October 2018 - Cheque came in the post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539780073707-AGE44GF7K1BONM0IZVWJ/IMG_20180920_173213364.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part II Monday, 10th September 2018 - Completed claim form https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/10/14/the-month-of-yellow-october monthly 0.5 2018-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539462379892-4U0Z52PIJ8VX8MD6C01E/IMG_20181010_111259534.jpg Posts - The Month of Yellow October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539462130222-Z4IG151GL05FAGZNFR6G/IMG_20181010_111207546.jpg Posts - The Month of Yellow October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539462510554-ASRKRR872UL2HP15SE0L/IMG_20181010_111640107.jpg Posts - The Month of Yellow October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539461368500-GFNNAFRI770UY4AY438Y/IMG_20181010_111628443.jpg Posts - The Month of Yellow October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539460088581-MCZPX9PCINW51MKT9NPX/IMG_20181010_111151025_HDR.jpg Posts - The Month of Yellow October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539462729293-4I8TQ05VT9Q6B8SWROS3/IMG_20181010_111450688_HDR.jpg Posts - The Month of Yellow October Tall new Jerusalem artichokes, towering over the hedge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1539463142341-T2EI1FPZPTHKPU252ZB7/IMG_20181010_111516553_HDR.jpg Posts - The Month of Yellow October Reaching for the roof https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/10/08/jar-geometries monthly 0.5 2018-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538933522582-L1HVP5KDEDWBG1TC5A1R/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Jar Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538932620736-5LRSBN5JCUA13EP5HI7C/IMG_20181007_134308762.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries The new smaller hex jars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538933735951-69M96SI4SKKM5XIX2BO6/20180823_221137.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries Jars with new black lids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535232921700-EMAVO6UONE0KO2AZN26G/20180815_213656.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries Honey-filled corners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538932833135-CJKGML8RERED9UUXI472/IMG_20181006_180939153.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries - Two big jars. Which label shape is better? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538932949703-SZ134V460DRRYXSPH20R/IMG_20181006_181244060.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries - Little hex and big hex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538933030527-EHIJUXDPCI6RHVAXD3P3/IMG_20181006_181314310.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries - Big rex and little hex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538933102524-MA4WFXYRG3YNIHTM4YPG/IMG_20181006_181335057.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries - Big rex, little hex, big hex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538932082496-7LFX7MP85EXPFHHT4GA9/IMG_20181007_134321647.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538932231162-NZ13EYI2P0YQPF9CU0DF/IMG_20181007_134708163.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538932154456-LC87WBOT97V6BXHCFMYA/IMG_20181007_134533912.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538930817608-3PA633V41NZHC4WBR6HH/IMG_20181006_181038865.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries - Rex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538931201533-BNFABR1CV79NG2OYJG2R/IMG_20181006_181116078.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries - Hex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538931117831-S2CAHI95I7A7VVU8OYMM/IMG_20181006_181139203.jpg Posts - Jar Geometries - Hex https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/10/3/i-have-a-little-quince-tree monthly 0.5 2018-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538581077994-B23MO6ICPOXKCZL7L6GL/IMG_20180930_145854425.jpg Posts - I have a little quince tree Gold in the grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538581618964-6SOI7A6F0BR3LM2LU9DU/IMG_20180930_145703978.jpg Posts - I have a little quince tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538581849214-B2RT9YTNUZX05MWT7ZD2/IMG_20180930_145714633.jpg Posts - I have a little quince tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538581954424-O4I1RJ6BS17REXKNKEDE/IMG_20180930_145959328.jpg Posts - I have a little quince tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538581367395-VMFZTSYMX2Y217J12I3W/IMG_20180930_145627857.jpg Posts - I have a little quince tree Quince tree https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/9/25/efb-picture-diary-i monthly 0.5 2018-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537521986498-9KZD9QTU2MEB1TPN7F21/IMG_0145.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - We got EFB Here’s the lowdowdagdsagdsagdsn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537302943523-YIZ6FZGB39F7DGKXUB2U/IMG_0095.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - Thursday, 30th August 2018 The Bee Inspector sees suspicious brood and tests it with a diagnostic kit including a lateral flow device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537522177243-08WV3BL79LYZOGU3DJA2/IMG_20180920_200550321.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I It’s a quick and easy field test sold by Vita (Europe) Limited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537536968399-VBZXXWST1YKUDIN6UQ06/IMG_0087.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537565377809-4BZHP7S4AUP38TFHGLKO/IMG_0090.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537537256099-SXT0PNSGS0XA4UEZOD7M/IMG_0091.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I Queen Storm’s colony tests positive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537302817159-1UWXSCOGYFJQ0JZHA9WA/IMG_0093.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I Then Queen Mab’s. Then Queen Titania’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537390948075-HO38K9VP695IKJNDPCTK/Bee+Inspector.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I The Bee Inspector recommends destruction of the Storm and Titania colonies, but is prepared to ask the NBU to prescribe antibiotics for the Mab colony. The Inspector explains that samples will be sent to the NBU for confirmed diagnosis, and we will await the NBU’s directions for next steps. Meanwhile he talks me through what the procedure is likely to be. We will have 10 working days (= 2 weeks in the real world) to destroy the bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537355394379-020HVKCIWXYSU4QQGZQ5/IMG_20180919_112018442.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I There is paperwork. The Inspector issues a standstill notice on the apiary. “No hives, bees, combs, bee-products, bee pests, hive debris, appliances or any other thing liable to spread the notifiable disease” may be removed from the apiary. This does not apply to items that were taken from the hives before the standstill order was in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537355431416-HSBMO574MY1KMEM36DA2/IMG_20180919_112112225.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I The Bee Inspector provides a licence for removal of supers from the affected hives so that honey can be extracted. There is little extractable honey but I do want to recover the wax from the the empty comb section racks. Comb honey is unusual - the Bee Inspector will have to relay my request to the National Bee Unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537392116481-SHTX09ZIRRBF5AZ8M045/%40Bee+Inspector.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - Friday, 31st August 2018 The Bee Inspector follows up by e-mail to suggest a date of 10th September for the destruction, subject to the official confirmation from the NBU. This will require petrolling of the colonies on the evening of Sunday 9th. We agree the date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537299697888-1UKSIKEVK75UE9AKR77L/20180902_121503.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - Sunday, 2nd September 2018 At the weekend, I do the licensed removal of the supers and section racks, adding ekes and clearers beneath the boxes that are to be removed. Gaps are taped against robbing. Taped X on the roof marks the condemned hives. This is Queen Storm’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537300377807-AUJJW992JJHUG367GSJN/20180902_121558.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I This is Queen Titania’s. Having removed the boxes, I wait for the NBU’s directions about whether I can keep the wax before returning the boxes to the hives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537392441549-0IJWO0VUO1TSTVFM7WCC/beebase.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - Monday, 3rd September 2018 Official communication from the NBU comes via BeeBase. As expected, the NBU confirms the EFB diagnosis and approves the Bee Inspector’s recommended actions. The Bee Inspector also follows up with me to confirm that the NBU has agreed to wax taken from the 3 hives being extracted and melted, and to comb honey being taken for personal consumption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537300734960-Q7KPSZYCPLX4L8A47RS3/20180909_114102.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - Sunday, 9th September 2018 I spend the weekend taking apart the comb sections that I had previously spent a weekend putting together. And I extract some liquid honey from Queen Titania’s hive. Then the boxes containing the empty frames and sections go back on the hives. This is Queen Storm’s (left), with Queen Romaine’s next door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537300439611-HFHWJQOI6IQYZQ5C6IN1/20180909_113627.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I I insert the hive floor boards, with rags on to absorb petrol. I spread cardboard underneath. Later in the evening, after the last foragers have returned home, I tape the hives closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537303809587-U0Y6951ZIJFRNU7RERDM/flir_20180909T194609.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - 19:46 A chilling photograph. Pouring petrol into the hive through the crownboard hole. Thermal camera image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537305796563-24GDEQEO98T640PSELYR/flir_20180909T194717.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - 19:47 The bees roar but then quickly go quiet. Thermal camera image shows their warmth in the hive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537305968457-R80ZU1ZGLHGCNUJSZWDO/flir_20180909T212508.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - 21:25 The heat of the bees is still visible as a layer over the hive floor an hour and a half later. The heat in Queen Storm’s hive (left) contrasts with the cool of Queen Romaine’s (right). I can’t hear the bees but I worry they are still conscious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537306341468-26F22HSBT0N74N9ZJGZG/flir_20180909T222046.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - 22:20 It’s the same in Queen Titania’s hive (right) compared with Queen Mab’s (left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537307346525-BJO7GJ1LQG6J87ZZ4Y9N/flir_20180909T222603.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - 22:26 I rest a mug of boiling water on the roof of the Storm hive. I want to see which will cool faster, the water or the bees. I hope the bees will not remain aglow after the water has gone cold, because that would suggest they are still producing heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537307520502-1PULH2RBG20FE0GGMAOP/flir_20180909T232718.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - 23:27 But I can’t stay awake long enough. This final thermal image is taken nearly 4 hours after the (cold) petrol was poured in, and both the water and Queen Storm’s hive are still glowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537301557689-X3P9V1LBZ3XXKE66GB6Q/20180910_081135.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I - Monday, 10th September 2018 In the morning, the taped hives are quiet. The apiary smells of petrol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537301310248-ZVZMBGBMUL9IS27TVAEW/20180910_081044.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I A single late-returning forager is clinging outside the taped doorway of Queen Titania’s hive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537352613005-QJI8QLME1N0MDSZME23D/Bee+Inspector+Q.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I At 9 am, the Inspector arrives as planned. I think he’s half expecting that the colonies have not been despatched. It must happen sometimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537566449612-P2X1CPBODWN3APBMA04M/IMG_0105-.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I But since we do indeed have 2 dead colonies, we can get started digging the pit. I suggest a place in the apiary but the Bee Inspector thinks it will draw too much attention from the other bees, so we find a place in the garden, along the side where a row of conifers was recently removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537566527320-WDQKY3OIRDHJ6WFS1GYI/IMG_0107-.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I It doesn’t take long. He’s clearly a man who has dug a hole before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537910484605-06K4X9XTBGJJYUZWGKFB/IMG_0111.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I The pit measures 1 m x 1 m x 0.5 m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537910578025-D7WNZEJ0EZFD28N8G9T0/IMG_0108.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I In Queen Storm’s hive, dead bees are still on the frames… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537910659798-RZQSPX6BF7WDDJSA5N49/IMG_0109.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I …and many more are piled on the hive floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537910806235-S6GJ3GIOYW6SCJH8Z230/IMG_0138.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I Queen Titania’s hive looks the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911169036-KWA9H72UAKH7ZMXKNM7H/IMG_0140.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I I cart the hives to the pit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911252155-7AKRMDJJ5O664E2HIX7U/IMG_0143.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I And remove the frames from the brood boxes there. The layer of dead bees is deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911428586-K5OSFSET71E5W5V9UFFU/IMG_0117.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911502702-LCQ79ARW389B0HRHSX26/IMG_0124.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I We throw the frames into the pit, on some cardboard to get the fire started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911587330-YC99M0BB6RHT605C4AYK/IMG_0129.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I They burn… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911721419-JV3C0IRGZQLYP5LK9NU6/IMG_0132.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911671275-OTVZZ4HNV0J5NWAP5L6W/IMG_0136.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537911772639-U1RVOTG3XPZF2VIDJNY7/IMG_0145.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537912020943-JTT00NAQZZDV1JZUNH4A/IMG_0146.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I …to ash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537912148831-6J32IXNHGZCJETN4UFWB/IMG_0125-.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I Meanwhile the Bee Inspector scrapes clean the hive boxes. Canine assistance is on hand at all times. As is the water hose you can see in the background, in case the fire got out of hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537912308090-25VJ88OYWVWPOGDIA86J/IMG_0141-.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I Then the Bee Inspector torches the boxes with a flame gun to kill any remaining bacteria. He has to wear fireproof clothes for this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537912485419-FPXZTI29F9RWKPWVXPPJ/IMG_0149.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I After dealing with the two destroyed colonies, it is time to administer the antibiotic treatment to Queen Mab’s colony. The Inspector selects a frame of largely empty cells, containing no brood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537912700486-9L5YKIB8MGTIFW7KTT2L/IMG_0152.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537912804884-ZPOAXJVAG86NZCVNNA7W/IMG_0154.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I The antibiotic, oxytetracycline (OTC), is mixed with sugar syrup in a jar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537912900530-1YT8CN4UQ14736EB24AB/IMG_0155.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I The lid of the jar has holes punched in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537913174103-JMXINC3PM37L4IORMWOJ/IMG_0158.JPG Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I Syrup is shaken from the jar over the horizontal empty frame and gently patted into the cells. The lid has to come off to get the last bit out. The dosed frame is then inserted back into the brood box. Bees are already falling on it with enthusiasm. They eagerly drink the laced syrup. We close up the hive and leave the antibiotic to do its work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537301758688-HKYV2W7XAQUJ6EK07MT8/20180910_165012.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I It’s all over by lunchtime. After the Bee Inspector has gone, I continue the clean-up operation, sterilising plastic things and portable beekeeping kit in bleach. Here it is left out to dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1538579731227-015SZFHCS9FR7ZM2U10E/20180910_181433.jpg Posts - EFB picture diary - Part I Towards evening when the ground has cooled, I fill in the pit. This pot and a dish of my grandmother’s shells show the place. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/9/17/living-landing-boards monthly 0.5 2018-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537217341906-3Q0UDGI0MYNM61WDA35A/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Living Landing Boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1537217492898-6K7S7YRUJIX8K2O9UUFO/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Living Landing Boards Incoming forager, dusted white with himalayan balsam pollen, lands on the bee mini-beard and walks in. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/9/13/efb-questions-and-some-leads monthly 0.5 2018-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1536859863784-IP6L8HCDL64GLH8IABJV/20180909_113942.jpg Posts - EFB questions, and some leads Mab (left) and Titania (right) on their final day before treatment/destruction. The floorboard is inserted in the Titania hive, with rags on it to absorb petrol. A sheet of cardboard is underneath to catch leaks. Bees come and go at the time of the photograph, but at dusk the Titania hive was taped closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1536860313568-5WK18Z9CRNU00Z5YORF7/20180910_181710.jpg Posts - EFB questions, and some leads Queen Mab’s hive, treated with antibiotics, now stands alone. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/9/9/defra-disease-destruction monthly 0.5 2018-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1536438524735-KQJ6EQRIU21X0KMNU1RH/image-asset.jpeg Posts - DEFRA, Disease, Destruction Lateral flow device tests positive. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/8/30/hedge-competition monthly 0.5 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535230159654-IAFYGIDX7M91YN2SDO08/20180822_142438.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1541614400234-JOFI982HR6TV1MQOTQ3S/IMG_20181027_144724345.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535229734270-4TBZDJQQAJSAZJ8JHMJR/20180822_142403.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1541614251281-XQZH08JMVJMUNID936K4/IMG_20181027_144836847.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535230678719-YT2CU8XAQVIWGGHSPNU9/20180822_155330.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535230850820-IQ24PLVLYTBOOLAVA80G/20180822_155332.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535230973792-JX1M6GTKJ621KEW7DK8D/20180822_155333.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535231050294-AGGCIFJJ6Q7RDXZ7FBFY/20180822_155335.jpg Posts - Hedge Competition https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/8/25/the-thistle-guards monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535222434431-O0RKQIDTGF44KQID3J0T/20180822_174939.jpg Posts - The Thistle Guards Wasp lurking. Guards are ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535221646833-D9534HGRHV5BQJ7ROWHX/20180822_174631.jpg Posts - The Thistle Guards Guards on wasp defence. It's a tiring shift. See the wasp? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535221999136-0XMZ9PV8JT20GKSZ1UPU/20180822_174631.jpg Posts - The Thistle Guards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1535218995647-GSEVSHIC2H0BGL52KOA7/Hornets.JPG Posts - The Thistle Guards See the full ID sheet: here https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/8/12/floors-and-doors monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534112216060-LFJKXBAW79WT593RXLFJ/20180812_195257.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors - Queen Romaine hive (left); Queen Storm hive (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534112334811-TY7NA0YAILW385AXYGNO/20180812_195311.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors - 1st class post only No removable parts and no pyrography with this type of floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534108671822-O5EPBBREY97BK652Q8W6/20180812_195039.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534105856038-GKDZ0NF24X3IOYF8OSRK/beehouse.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors Shouldn't that be "Bees don't generally attack unless provoked so the bee house welcomes careful visitors?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534108146243-1X4R8A5U42ZZ4TSHI9IJ/20180808_104627.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534108206350-T439Y39GFW3D5BAU1I6D/20180808_113833.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534108269825-IS7N5PWLMFADGBW3IH4Z/20180808_113924.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors - 3 freshly branded doors and floors, stacked up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534108919539-HUYW9Y16VXP3V5X9UHVO/20180812_195207.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534109223177-UU1IZ9FQ1ATZHXEGCSMI/20180812_195247.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors Here's one I pyrographed earlier. Queen Peony's hive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1534111011085-78Z898EEYZIJSGAUSZ79/20180507_122335.jpg Posts - Floors and Doors Smith (bait) hive with wide doorway https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/7/28/ceramic-honey-pots monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1532537699057-AJFMHK5LHIVNMX7W61MF/20180722_184556.jpg Posts - Ceramic Honey Pots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1532537761894-KXIP56U5SEWVTKI5T8A8/20180722_184808.jpg Posts - Ceramic Honey Pots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1532536414497-X267OXC4Q3DQTTIP5WKU/20180722_184613.jpg Posts - Ceramic Honey Pots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1532537235471-0MF1FMZ60I114J6X7WA5/20180722_184522.jpg Posts - Ceramic Honey Pots https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/7/21/no-rain-no-gain monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531938046493-P1N1GGVOBM8MFEFNV5CH/20180704_113108.jpg Posts - No rain, no gain Last year's empty section rack, before going back on a hive this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1532199342908-L145WHHHD11I3ANMBS6G/20180718_193308.jpg Posts - No rain, no gain The lawn https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/7/18/queen-titania-from-the-tree-hive monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531931404060-JHC2KRS96IN8DDRGTTFU/20180707_184553.jpg Posts - Queen Titania from the Tree Hive - 7th July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531931492922-4ZZU6KHPFX3UIRSXQXLX/20180709_202346.jpg Posts - Queen Titania from the Tree Hive - 9th July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531932042155-LUB7EC98PCA5N1AHEM6B/20180710_194107.jpg Posts - Queen Titania from the Tree Hive - 10th July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531931701718-SRMOMY09FRW55BTC7QFH/20180713_205158.jpg Posts - Queen Titania from the Tree Hive - 12th July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531931930024-4WASTFWTREUQCJV74GMH/20180713_211246.jpg Posts - Queen Titania from the Tree Hive - 13th July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531932409959-S93B3LNIAXCIJIT89LV5/20180718_130522.jpg Posts - Queen Titania from the Tree Hive - 18th July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1531929766469-L0Q5WUCJBZQMV3WZ88WL/20180718_132847.jpg Posts - Queen Titania from the Tree Hive https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/6/28/a-hat-trick monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1530203166943-3NVTI04206CE6JAGB0UK/20180627_181617.jpg Posts - A Hat Trick - Bait hive locations (1) on the same hive stand as Queen Peony’s colony, oriented South Westerly. (2) up in the apple tree, also oriented South Westerly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1530202105354-B42MFPGJF037IHJRY7AO/20180627_181918.jpg Posts - A Hat Trick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1530204320880-AXQI66VSGW76RSUDO8LQ/20180627_181700.jpg Posts - A Hat Trick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1530204460917-SR5JOX9C5IA3P2LFH9RM/20180627_181716.jpg Posts - A Hat Trick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1530204547679-KUARDIPIM8C9WNUPXFSS/20180627_181743.jpg Posts - A Hat Trick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1530205176351-4EPX2HTISG8Z3W5ZAM42/20180627_181951.jpg Posts - A Hat Trick Bees in the bait hive https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/6/21/summer-solstice monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529608291351-PU4L4GPGKBNR2VYDPQMM/20180621_162615.jpg Posts - Summer Solstice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529608447522-ZDU5NV6V2YY7O0ZBPK1O/20180621_162656.jpg Posts - Summer Solstice https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/6/16/the-bees-come-home-from-the-orchard monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529184385508-OS3FDPGKKNEWCBW8TN3E/20180613_145525.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard Queen Romaine's hive (left); Queen Storm's hive (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529184238194-P0I0PJJGP5EY7XB0SODT/20180613_145444.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard New colony (left); Queen Mab's hive (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529179957848-FJ25MCH3WZJM0V6KST36/20180612_213739.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard Lost bees! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529182439537-7QXDTDRUL9CWCJLW95K5/20180612_202738.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard - 3... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529182474593-DESW043VSYDMRDY7HBGD/20180612_205559.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard - 2... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529182504101-A3DK2XHOU2YSVRQDA0CY/20180612_212659.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard - 1... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529182540603-HU1D8ZLAOCJEEA3IJIUB/20180612_212758.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard - Last hive standing. Queen Nefertari's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529183002175-47U8YA8N2HQT6E66EP8K/20180612_214215.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard - Securing the boxes in the trailer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1529183119153-97QQ70NG94DLRBG8LWDC/20180612_214236.jpg Posts - The bees come home from the orchard - Many, many ratchet straps https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/6/8/hive-stands monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528488264276-VRJE9UZLVISTYSPOS7E7/20180603_125847.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - Stand building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528488403626-BDQOVVFYUHOAZSL0SML6/20180603_130008.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - Assembling the frame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528488437213-P5DFUBV934B4FNIZE2BQ/20180603_130016.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - Getting it square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528488601806-U37FYGYQS1POU7GMB25M/20180603_155335.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - Positioning, sledgehammering, measuring, straightening... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528488676006-FC7MNIIGT9U1W7XAZ1LF/20180603_161638.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - Checking, re-checking, adjusting... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528489296287-ZLDE662771PJ8ZGVP8P1/20180603_195756.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - Ta-da! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528489450085-8ILF0VPYSP33ZOBRKWO4/20180603_195816.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - And a second one constructed the same day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1528489584480-8FZP5NAYXV33RYLRNEAH/20180608_194613.jpg Posts - Hive Stands - Ta-da again! https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/5/30/opq monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527702399723-VEUMQFYIFATNU5PI2VCD/20180530_170805.jpg Posts - Ottilie, Peony & Queenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527702455599-08DNQOYDJI3JNLX2YJ2N/20180530_170809.jpg Posts - Ottilie, Peony & Queenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527702907031-W6DTWRSHLY2DZMV6CPV0/20180530_170811.jpg Posts - Ottilie, Peony & Queenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527703080882-TCI5ZSWSPH781VMNZRN2/20180530_170815.jpg Posts - Ottilie, Peony & Queenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527703368113-RR5VKSEXELIND4SO3QQA/20180530_170818.jpg Posts - Ottilie, Peony & Queenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527702113236-5JETQLPRYTL2ES6EO4VD/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Ottilie, Peony & Queenie Queen Peony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527704341359-0FQ31KI06CPPOPY1MBQC/20180520_141249.jpg Posts - Ottilie, Peony & Queenie New comb, freshly drawn by Queen Ottilie's bees in a foundationless frame, with eggs and young larvae in cells on the right, and with pollen in cells on the left and the upper cells. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/5/27/apple-orchard-honey monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527442304590-XVDTLPDJ9Q3C9DOXG6S2/20180520_221107.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - Filtering From extractor to settling tank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527442429172-RX8CNBT74APGWSTMI8O9/20180520_221127.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - Filtering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527442522946-PMS54VCJ6DXTVKKYLLSG/20180523_215423.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - Clear honey in the jar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527442620708-8F8H3AC5FVY40L3RDXZC/20180523_215128.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - Honey harvest 17 large jars; 11 small jars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527444851251-IICGD3N12FDOX82IMMUV/20180523_215448.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - Looking through the jar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527444197025-G6X8BPMNIM17UEHIO3MO/IMG-20180501-WA0002.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - Forager on apple blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527445153445-ZKW796G89ZIFKV4RX3X2/IMG-20180501-WA0000.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - The beehives This honey is from Queen Lois’s colony on the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527445112051-BGTCDUX366R88ML7LH08/IMG-20180501-WA0003.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey - Apple blossom Beehives in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1527444708206-JCWGI9Q92ZW0AKZMB28S/20180523_215208.jpg Posts - Apple Orchard Honey https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/5/19/easy-come-easy-go monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1526765214933-N5MRXBREBI16QZAD8WGO/20180519_170904.jpg Posts - Easy come, easy go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1526766621094-W7FM0KR5PG4KG63U2T7R/20180519_171239.jpg Posts - Easy come, easy go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1526763257192-MBP9DV6BLWLRK5NJ54WE/20180519_152950.jpg Posts - Easy come, easy go Hives in the orchard https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/5/8/home-is-the-bee monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525812570593-JTVV89JQUJIKICRMIB5F/20180507_120739.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee Not swarming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525809622175-RBS8ZPK67A9J5J153DCH/20180504_172450.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525809696703-UKZE2K9VUFRU3AJ9BV54/20180504_172517.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525809750445-3UC5PGL7VGCQY5BBAEQW/20180504_172546.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525809788379-4ZU95KJBEF0MPQ23E3EC/20180505_102654.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525811965769-ZLLKC8MLQR50AYV96Y4E/20180507_120002.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee - 12:00 The bee loud glade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525812121451-F2GARM8WB07O0BEYO3X9/20180507_120509.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee - 12:05 Me, very happy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525812180008-FNE0E7Z1RHDLY7Q870UA/20180507_120554.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee - 12:05 The bees are mostly in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525812218333-I760NBOUWLIOINVGN7G5/20180507_120616.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee - 12:06 Me, still very happy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525812257186-1UUW637XQLKV2GFBAUP9/20180507_120822.jpg Posts - Home is the Bee - 12:08 Home is the bee https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/4/30/a-super-of-crystallised-honey monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525116953429-22FUASDM6XUF0HNE6KON/20180418_145138.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525118700360-2TG469RYYM5K9A2ABD2H/20180418_193843.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Melting honeycomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525118767658-X63HA3EK2H6U3OCYE7O5/20180418_204919.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Cooled (left) and cooling (right). Pollen pellets (stored by the bees in sections of the comb) get sandwiched between the wax and honey layers, appearing as brown lumps that need filtering out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525119225152-QRXUV8XS643J5EF4T4K5/20180421_125754.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525119433028-TVZRBBQNYG6D5ICIMN1U/20180418_193708.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Cooled wax plate with pollen specks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525119793119-4BKGI4XCISENURL5RUII/20180421_181818.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Filtering honey into settling tank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525119853814-XZBK5YYHWWZH9XFA0Z55/20180421_181831.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Pollen plugs left in filter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525119890684-SUUGHGE034J60EWLEIEI/20180421_191158.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Dark liquid honey on tap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525119931419-8NXGQ0Z4SV8G083CCEQU/20180421_182813.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Remelting beeswax for filtering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525119990332-6EXSMJXSLNULDC55ZD3L/20180421_193837.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey - Filtered molten beeswax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525033845669-XNO2S4PV3E7BI4AWR5VN/20180418_141717.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525033884764-CJ7MJGGA87HNTUKLMY19/20180418_141722.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525033934095-NT24NGOR2TJ58LR37IT7/20180418_141749.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525116769459-JEQ7VQQ5UBQVQ17OOTWA/20180418_142032.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525116808564-9SC590M8NB1GURKZI2L3/20180418_143210.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525116849504-XOJSJT5275W4AZXXNYDR/20180418_154110.jpg Posts - A Super of Crystallised Honey https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/4/20/im-being-scouted monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524254611950-EEFRAXAFTSQVW1M79K0O/20180408_181954.jpg Posts - I'm Being Scouted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524254656890-2CGM3XTDZ2Y2D8PXZDOQ/20180408_182049.jpg Posts - I'm Being Scouted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524254816168-4L4W9NLF1T6VKV5LMR1D/20180420_174931.jpg Posts - I'm Being Scouted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524254923603-5G16WMIG67JRE1FV83T4/20180420_175228.jpg Posts - I'm Being Scouted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524255577642-HU7PMZ5YUXB7NSZ84E7K/20180420_175040.jpg Posts - I'm Being Scouted Bait hive with scouts at entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524252963376-YZS8SLLS4JK7QNR2GIGD/20180420_180304.jpg Posts - I'm Being Scouted Bait hive. On a water butt, like the other one (I have a lot of water butts...) https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/4/18/14042018-beekeeping-season-opens monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524084743317-JXAM9ZEWIWEZLMDSBRCQ/20180418_132659.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! Brood boxes in the chest freezer - two fit perfectly side by side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524085558414-CTOWZGQW4RM2NW4R5DP6/20180418_124835.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! - Apple orchard blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524085597729-SYY01SQI591ERETGRUS9/20180418_124912.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! - Apple orchard blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524085749254-2CS20MDINBTC7Z27P5YW/20180418_125049.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! - Apple orchard beehives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524084488939-5A1PFK70HO7YSTNI7KM3/20180416_181322.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! The handy garden trolley has been super useful for transporting hive parts between car and bee shed at home. It perfectly fits two supers side by side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524084353862-Y7O9OLFZ7PIVAYHJF6JW/20180415_191004.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! Dark old brood combs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524083242515-LAJBXPS6T7QLPW6IUR0M/IMG-20180416-WA0000.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524083283110-JJNMACW963HZU9YVTGBP/IMG-20180416-WA0001.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524083314611-CAI6IR123CTAXBZLDMSJ/IMG-20180416-WA0002.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1524083356482-CT1GZT2WB19XRB7PBNC1/IMG-20180416-WA0003.jpg Posts - 14.04.2018: Beekeeping season opens! https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/4/13/local-crops monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1523639961096-EGRHGKX4W5FMWQANPNNJ/20180413_165036.jpg Posts - Local crops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1523640196048-D43DPHMYYZBJCDM8WU5J/20180413_165152.jpg Posts - Local crops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1523642456588-44CJ54OOZ2I3MJASI7SA/Capture3.JPG Posts - Local crops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1523630446170-JA6879WVATHNUS6HKXQ8/Capture.JPG Posts - Local crops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1523630475885-VK1XBBR1HVA68GJLRV5N/Capture.JPG Posts - Local crops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525806505264-XCOUXWP4BA9X6IYKE2Z2/Capture4.JPG Posts - Local crops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1525806857299-BZH59HHSJLHMM5GCR07K/Capture5.JPG Posts - Local crops https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/3/24/the-bait-hive monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521125682656-RD37ZGL5AATRKT1TN1Q5/20180311_171235.jpg Posts - The Bait Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521126745728-2NYB9964WOXLUJZ9VCFM/20180311_163621.jpg Posts - The Bait Hive Bait hive on water butt. The black water butt stand (next to it) provides a handy step to reach the hive, and can be a tea-drinking stool at other times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521126368330-TVP2L41UNBNGOGV6H92E/20180311_171324.jpg Posts - The Bait Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521126187710-4XHJ6GTS28FKN39U0Y2R/20180311_163657.jpg Posts - The Bait Hive Bait hive, before addition of mouseguard https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/3/16/blackthorn monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521244289539-1EZFYH6QONUDVX07P02A/20180314_101522.jpg Posts - Blackthorn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521244341939-5SD8QODHVEPNOJ67SO44/20180314_101515.jpg Posts - Blackthorn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521239791105-RQSSYX6HY2PVYKYOCDRM/20180314_101543.jpg Posts - Blackthorn Forager on blackthorn https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/3/7/colony-in-a-cold-snap monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1519050942878-ABWIPG4KYAFTXGQN1HJE/20180218_113411.jpg Posts - Colony in a Cold Snap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1520436121370-TEXSP22BINRT4TLX5C1M/image1.JPG Posts - Colony in a Cold Snap https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/2/19/significant-visitors monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1519051533457-VROTAWNK6ZR3FCA3GNPA/20180217_123155.jpg Posts - Significant Visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1519051776559-TU399UQ2YEJGPCZU9NIP/20180217_123216.jpg Posts - Significant Visitors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1519051291513-SO0W0C7Z8A0GO59HTO80/20180217_123239.jpg Posts - Significant Visitors https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/2/16/the-summerhouse monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1518817266088-38EG3S3XBOMHCM1VP6KK/20180124_101439.jpg Posts - The Summerhouse - Summerhouse Complete with deck for tea-drinking and bee-observation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1518817136921-98N27JOU97RRE3JMK0NY/20180124_101149.jpg Posts - The Summerhouse - A neat row of hives Inside the summerhouse, I am storing hives and equipment, cleaned and oiled and ready for the new season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1518817299014-O7PXOESY678R6NMOZB8A/20180124_101257.jpg Posts - The Summerhouse - Mouseguard - still there Undoubtedly, the summerhouse will have mice. And I've heard that mice like beehives (cosy and with tasty wax to gnaw). I had some of these punctured metal strips, "mouseguards", kicking around. They are supposed to be fitted over the doors of (occupied) hives in winter to stop mice from climbing in. I don't fit them to my active hives, but I put a mouseguard across the entrance of this empty hive in the hope of keeping it empty. It's only loosely rested there, and hasn't been knocked off yet (surprisingly) so presumably the mice haven't got in (that way). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1518817216625-O31POPY1W0RPUAAGHB0X/20180124_101519.jpg Posts - The Summerhouse - The new apiary (to be) Waiting for bees! https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2018/1/31/new-roots-new-shoots monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1517434601788-C59OGOB5CGF4NNV4SZ24/20180131_140905.jpg Posts - New roots, new shoots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1517434664213-DRU5RFHFP9ERWQCY8FVV/20180131_141002.jpg Posts - New roots, new shoots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1517435123902-HBXA8K3D9VE1M54L7BAV/20180131_141013.jpg Posts - New roots, new shoots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1517426014246-BWI82F07HI3IV4XDS3FM/20180131_132551.jpg Posts - 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Bee sticking her tongue out. https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/10/26/quince-jelly monthly 0.5 2017-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507468930526-E7DU5WV0SC8M60J0JUKL/20171008_131229.jpg Posts - Quince Jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507468874894-3KO5QIUOT8RTNTMLRRIN/20171008_131130.jpg Posts - Quince Jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507463282845-UD3NMU58KADGMSTABURB/20171007_213148.jpg Posts - Quince Jelly https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/10/21/branding monthly 0.5 2017-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507461680960-NJ15OERCEOKNQH8BQ770/20171003_203721.jpg Posts - Branding by Branding Stacked branded hive boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507461296365-X21C4NX73QFY80UX06Y5/20171003_203755.jpg Posts - Branding by Branding Stacked branded hive boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507462688585-FME6ASA8GYRPFMARZ8BH/20170903_182729.jpg Posts - 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What Goes Up Must Come Down - Travelling Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1508068283745-M2XPFQGIGKVWOUOFUC7F/20170925_102814.jpg Posts - What Goes Up Must Come Down https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/10/8/busy-october-bees monthly 0.5 2017-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507458932087-9WKGRZ1D47020NKCXIYY/20171007_105332.jpg Posts - Busy October Bees Busy bees of the Copper Hive https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/9/23/autumn-activities monthly 0.5 2018-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1506166699573-9Y136D3KQC79JKFNM1WE/20170923_102853.jpg Posts - Autumn Activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1506166544598-N7CE6444GPBEA103DEBL/20170923_102724.jpg Posts - Autumn Activities Busy bees https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/9/3/back-with-a-vengeance monthly 0.5 2018-03-24 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/8/27/meadow-mown monthly 0.5 2018-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1503845674886-07GSAO69QPS5AZNNTAE3/20170827_104621.jpg Posts - 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A French Approach to Beekeeping Beekeeping tea towel https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/7/30/refugees monthly 0.5 2018-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501452146170-P9C6O2J626Y0U19QE0BK/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Refugees Lost bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501452982335-5V62R89DFTJUK5PBF979/20170730_123205.jpg Posts - Refugees - Homeless bees on the Pond Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501453028213-4PONTH4QPW50FA770442/20170730_125226.jpg Posts - Refugees - Homeless bees on the Copper Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501453472387-8986UEN2HKXS97MMXQ0H/20170730_155735.jpg Posts - Refugees - Scattered drone cells on a brood frame of pollen     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501453614411-XAMFH4WTTN5K1XUXUHON/20170730_160136.jpg Posts - Refugees - I cut out the patch of brood and put it in the freezer to kill any that were alive. I separately froze the remainder of the frame of stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501453825259-PT1VQS81YYBEVZNQEWUZ/20170730_160149.jpg Posts - Refugees - See the pollen packed in the cells at the cut edge.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501454073193-9MQ533G3C9120KULGI3A/20170730_160948.jpg Posts - Refugees - Frame wrapped in cling film for freezing and storage. I wrap the frames of stores in cling film then put them in the freezer to kill any wax moth. When the frames come out of the freezer they stay wrapped until needed, so that the wax moth can't get in. With the light shining through the frame like this, you can see the pollen cells show up dark. You can also see patches of capped honey in the top corners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1501452351178-WLF4KH8253Y46ES6MN93/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Refugees Refugees https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/7/22/the-tragedy-of-queen-jasmine monthly 0.5 2017-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500745624213-T7SUPJMGQCHE049AEJ7S/image-asset.jpeg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine MAQS on Cedar Hive brood box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500746790191-OLB74AYSQAV9RPTC4CUU/20170722_131205.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500746836153-TPCGS6H622Y9PYYMU4U4/20170722_131502.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500745250632-4TCBZL8SHVJLR5J4LXHL/20170722_131641.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500745273154-BP5S8GMH2Y0RPHRSZQ16/20170722_131913.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500747282748-YEBBPWQNBGWHL825VLAW/20170722_113303.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Queen Jasmine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500747280079-33SWV0MQ72F6L5VBDMNH/20170722_113308.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Queen Jasmine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500749554535-HS9JNYXD1PLQU1T7Q6NV/20170722_105557.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Lighting the smoker     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500751182695-YRXQDQVIWQWNFA1VGE3N/20170722_111643.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Lit smoker     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500751850552-31R1E5I88OG3XLY9IGAN/20170722_114443.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Tea towels at the ready, and clearer and spare super in case one of the supers was fully capped     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500750473715-GWK5ZDZGMXN1IIA327N7/20170722_110016.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Upturned roof     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500750260386-O1TBWTP4K4BSGT9MTEBV/20170722_110010.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Bees on the crown board under the roof     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500750566526-XIZ11P432D5DW7QC8QYL/20170722_110139.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Setting the crown board in front of the roof     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500750708461-8KFUN9G6LO4AM6BF9I30/20170722_110311.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Part capped super frame     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500750904869-ZXVVTFW7EK6BDFXXAZNN/20170722_110516.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Part capped super frame     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500750977959-ZAUSY193JSW3OMFLVJSZ/20170722_111309.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Queen excluder on the brood box     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500751615949-0II65NS0YRUAK66TND9Q/20170722_112039.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Brood frame     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500751644665-PI8HJY8BURGFWFDSAEAG/20170722_113524.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Brood box     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500751739565-XAAYW7V8ISU6GPVAHKCY/20170722_114105.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Alea iacta est. It was a mistake to do this when the colony had already been disturbed.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500752568848-WOSFBJ7NMW6F9J284UV8/20170722_114534.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Closing up again - supers and crown board back on the hive     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500752756121-IW85OF7GVHYHJO2U59VD/20170722_120944.jpg Posts - The Tragedy of Queen Jasmine - Cedar Hive record book - later updated with tragic news https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/7/16/mini-update-on-the-disc-hive monthly 0.5 2017-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500225391305-WU24VFAKN9AEVRS0HI5M/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Mini-update on the Disc Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500224360951-YYWVIVN56BVBP8EHQVZ3/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Mini-update on the Disc Hive https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/7/6/stronger-tincture-of-propolis monthly 0.5 2017-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498945856467-7D1N33CB6YZ43EJ5JU4S/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Stronger Tincture of Propolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498946556378-HHXBIBUBO6YWANEDEDS6/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Stronger Tincture of Propolis Improved tincture https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/6/30/exploded-drone monthly 0.5 2017-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498860061162-69O1Q9Z9M8XLT1P1QTMY/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Exploded Drone Bits of endophallus...no longer endo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498860141470-F89I52F045QC2AWB1FMZ/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Exploded Drone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498860016957-XHCB5DTTRVUPWFIWCJO9/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Exploded Drone Bead of liquid at the drone's mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498855744644-707AV03ELDIPVLZ16WUN/20170622_231201.jpg Posts - Exploded Drone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498855785982-N3E4Z9YEZDVKJN59ECX7/20170622_230910.jpg Posts - 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She's in the middle somewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1492278710792-OGS40HSBXKIZAJIZ3V7F/image-asset.jpeg Posts - A Queen on my Hat https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/4/15/preventing-swarming monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1492267247077-3KNC51CXT5GC16GV7UAX/20170414_131538.jpg Posts - Preventing Swarming - Vertically Split Copper Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1492267795024-QJXURXFWHJCLICIF1P1R/20170413_150335.jpg Posts - Preventing Swarming - With labels! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1492267980416-4ZPU7DLA161I7HTF6W0T/20170413_150229.jpg Posts - Preventing Swarming - By daylight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1492267926929-UC2AQUKZHOSQD1231EPF/flir_20170414T203318.jpg Posts - Preventing Swarming - By infra-red Showing a warm glow of bees in the top box (where most of the brood is being incubated) and a smaller glow of bees in the bottom box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1492266679300-WUVG6OLBXQEHALTUYSWE/20170413_110431.jpg Posts - Preventing Swarming - Snelgrove board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1492266597869-NJDMY84QFD0HTQDV4317/20170413_110502.jpg Posts - Preventing Swarming - Paired doors https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/4/11/bbka-spring-convention monthly 0.5 2018-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1491853399681-INWGTTV643STUA6KG7D2/image-asset.jpeg Posts - BBKA Spring Convention 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1491852637168-Y4MIMJRXZQDVJVJ2U6AX/20170408_133524.jpg Posts - BBKA Spring Convention 2017 Workshop on pollen in honey led by Marin Anastasov and assisted by Jim Vivian-Griffiths https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/4/6/spring-opening-of-the-cedar-hive monthly 0.5 2018-04-21 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/4/3/spring-opening-of-the-disc-hive monthly 0.5 2018-04-21 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/3/25/spring-opening monthly 0.5 2018-04-21 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/3/16/almond-blossom monthly 0.5 2018-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489697141118-4YKW4CU4M4C83IMXMS55/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Almond Blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489878285001-93YLFM61JOIHZ78MAMV2/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Almond Blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489694299636-ZFG6NT16SFTGRRA9K16E/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Almond Blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489698955797-SGXBFJ2YQQ7VKCP7CQOC/20170316_105622.jpg Posts - Almond Blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489699650727-6LQUHVF8JRYO9Y9Q6BRJ/20170316_105723.jpg Posts - Almond Blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489699317616-RI6VEY3GPSYRLN6CSL2R/20170316_105724.jpg Posts - Almond Blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489699135192-LQ8HG94SK77VFUDZZWC6/20170316_105710.jpg Posts - Almond Blossom https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/3/6/we-have-lift-off monthly 0.5 2018-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488638431279-1XI6PDRNV3CYGOU0184H/20170304_135820.jpg Posts - We have lift off! - Almond blossom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488638518313-Q4ROSNXLO43N9HGNH1BS/20170304_135855.jpg Posts - We have lift off! - Almond tree with Disc Hive and Cedar Hive on the gin terrace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488638848438-93NXNZYS1ZKUKS8RGF0Y/20170304_135658.jpg Posts - We have lift off! - Flowering currant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488639318115-IOQ4U5Y875BVJ3D187HG/20170304_135735.jpg Posts - We have lift off! - Apiary in early spring with Pond Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488639443459-9FW8FKM6Y40OK41L8VGC/20170304_135944.jpg Posts - We have lift off! - Copper Hive In the background, there is still a hole in the middle of the garrya shrub where I had to prune out a branch to extract a swarm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488639519325-19XLU5A8KKM5FO3UISF7/20170220_121951.jpg Posts - We have lift off! - Primroses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488640240566-IKD358I1CVWMAT9QBFO2/image-asset.jpeg Posts - We have lift off! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488646409810-Z61NOH4LRLXEFOQX94SL/image-asset.jpeg Posts - We have lift off! Lifting the Disc Hive brood box on to a mat. See the insulated roof next to it. And there to the left is the Cedar Hive on its new white stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488646499257-1NXRASWHUK5ZB8IF99UY/image-asset.jpeg Posts - We have lift off! I can now get to the super that spent the winter under the brood box. It is empty of honey but part full of bees. 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Old Library Botanical Exhibition at Christ's College Cambridge - Honey allocations in Michaelmas Term 1977 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488492743578-G064BPDCPVC5O7KPGD2X/20170302_153021.jpg Posts - Old Library Botanical Exhibition at Christ's College Cambridge - Distribution in time for Christmas PS we usually include kitchen Manager who arranges the Bee Syrup for us also loans us equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488492794753-5U804XDBUYJGV2X9MG2M/20170302_152925.jpg Posts - Old Library Botanical Exhibition at Christ's College Cambridge - Honey Label https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488493335874-JIZ1H5X6MBZIPFILZS2B/20170302_154330.jpg Posts - Old Library Botanical Exhibition at Christ's College Cambridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488493369806-R69IB7DA1E27H2Q6VUZI/20170302_154356.jpg Posts - Old Library Botanical Exhibition at Christ's College Cambridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1488493404221-R022W5G5KEWQULZQTEDL/20170302_154409.jpg Posts - Old Library Botanical Exhibition at Christ's College Cambridge https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/posts/2017/2/23/winter-flowers monthly 0.5 2018-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1487872978795-VSSC73IYQSO023YIFTWF/20170216_113835.jpg Posts - Winter Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1487873152372-20EQ5R4PAHTUEE8UMKFV/20170216_113820.jpg Posts - Winter Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1487877827927-4IW2UY8KTB32PSKGPY8M/image-asset.jpeg Posts - Winter Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1487872265848-MKINKW7Z69KHEDVTIPHY/20170216_113820.jpg Posts - Winter Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1487872310417-HMNXZKJ4Y9Q1SUEA5HXM/20170216_113202.jpg Posts - Winter Flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1487872357131-KHI6XYYFT1QE5MBAKNBK/20170216_113807.jpg Posts - 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rainbow April 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521882550242-AUKASEU4O7OCM2E9G8LL/20180314_100918.jpg Gallery - Forager on hellebore March 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521882853989-AMUYDL4IRWWGZTBCYPI3/20180314_101543.jpg Gallery - Forager on blackthorn March 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521883186882-6HT4ZRIITDHGXGOWZ910/20180314_101439.jpg Gallery - Forager on hellebore March 2018 https://www.copperbeeapiary.uk/history daily 0.75 2018-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1470306860938-F2V8LDN5PHUNTM1FMNQB/image-asset.jpeg History Arial shot: a bee enters the Disc Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1521843164187-6TFKFTRBLPE3Q1W37XDD/20170610_105737.jpg History Gin terrace with sun shade Left to right: Disc Hive, Smith Hive, Cedar Hive 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Smith bees in July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1511043716199-YCZW5O41QPK2QDK70OOM/20171112_111025.jpg History - Ready for moving November 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507460990159-TLMZWMQGGNYND3L7CBXD/20170923_102725.jpg History - Pond Hive September 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1507471475794-ZFC014IVEFUSHNOC8YWT/20170827_104457.jpg History - Forager August 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500737044030-SL1QRAAB9X5VEON43VWU/20170722_130324.jpg History - Forager July 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1500736735323-L0NP37NK1TFPFNK2KOFY/20170722_125401.jpg History - Queen Nefertiti July 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1498938033440-XCUD7VC34MJKUNHKVXBQ/20170608_080326.jpg History - New bees emerging June 2017 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History - Disc Hive with Imirie Shim April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1491501105594-67Y1VDY0OF29TKDBE3UN/20170406_155410.jpg History - Cedar Hive April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1491500804760-YW1PYMMT35BU4IY4N6EI/20170406_155401.jpg History - Cedar Hive April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1491230487709-KGJ3IJE39URYW0U9AOJY/20170403_130008.jpg History - Disc Hive Boiling Over April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1490478751976-4A98YLDXC139IJJDJBMW/20170325_100536.jpg History - Nectar forager March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1490478524996-FSEG69Q6ZLYQGZOCUE2F/20170325_100412.jpg History - Nectar forager March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1490478368220-19HTCB84T1BYXI2H12BB/20170325_100332.jpg History - Copper Hive March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1490478065473-PL5H4F5R1QRYZ1UVPROW/20170325_100214.jpg History - Pond Hive March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489851236465-DO6T9Z4KF3QNUIHSV3U6/20170304_135944.jpg History - Copper Hive March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489850702285-NPJKZLAPER63ONAFABNO/20170220_110441.jpg History - Copper Hive February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489847394974-KOHQND1JNJBTYAJGH2ZZ/20170213_111950.jpg History - Copper Hive February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489847243758-TV5HMNEW4GCYXKGFU5XV/20170114_153644.jpg History - Pond Hive January 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a980a9e4b0d9c287c44546/1489847198731-UVYE58WTQ46VN4CUP9HU/20170114_153608.jpg History - Pond Hive January 2017 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