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Ontario, second year, two colonies after the unite. I put a fondant slab on each hive at the start of October, on the top bars under an eke, following the advice on here …
Yorkshire, end of my first season. Everything's closed up for winter and I've written up the year. Here's the honest version, since this forum carried me through it. What…
Vermont, second year. I've read the word "cluster" a hundred times on this forum and I realise I don't understand the mechanics of it, which makes it hard to judge anythi…
İzmir, second year. Two of my hives are on family land outside the city but one sits on the flat roof of our apartment building, which seemed like a clever idea in April …
Galway, second year. Lost one of my three. I went out on Wednesday, saw no activity at one entrance on a mild day when the other two were flying, and opened it up. What I…
Minnesota, first year, two hives. Thanks to this forum I've done the whole list: mite treatment finished, fed to weight, frames rearranged so the stores touch the cluster…
Yorkshire, first year. A chap at our association lost a colony in January to a green woodpecker that drilled a hole the size of a two-pound coin through the side of a bro…
Uppsala, third year, four colonies. We've got wet snow forecast for the middle of next week, which is early even for here, and I'm not ready. Mouse guards are still in th…
Ontario, second year, three colonies. Everyone tells me the most important factor in winter survival is going in strong, and nobody will tell me what strong means in a wa…
Minnesota, first year. Following the advice on here I cracked the lid on a mild afternoon to check my fondant plan and got a proper look down between the frames. Both col…
Yorkshire, first year, two hives side by side. Same apiary, same forage, same treatment, but hive one is so heavy I can barely tilt it and hive two comes up easily with o…
Ontario, second year, three colonies. Last winter I did nothing above the crownboard and got lucky. This year I want emergency feed in place before I need it, and I've be…
İzmir, second year, three hives. Reading this forum makes me feel like I'm in a different season from everyone else. My neighbours in the north of Europe are wrapping hiv…
Galway, second year, three colonies. I've got the winter jitters and I keep wanting to look. My mentor's rule is "nothing above the crownboard after the clocks change", w…
Yorkshire, first year, two colonies. The ivy on the churchyard wall has been humming for a fortnight and both hives have been piling it in. I cracked the crownboard on Su…
First year, two colonies in a double deep each, just outside the Twin Cities. I got my mouse guards and my nerves ready but I have no feel yet for what "heavy enough" mea…
Hokkaido, fourth year, six hives, and winter is arriving on schedule — nights at 3°C, first snow on the mountains. Doing my final walk-round yesterday I found something o…
After the mouse drama on Tuesday I want to do one final, proper look at all three colonies and then leave them alone. Galway, second year. Sunday is forecast dry and 14°C…
First year in Minnesota, two hives, and I need someone to talk me off a ledge. We've had three days of cold rain, highs around 8°C, and this morning there were maybe 40-5…
First year in Yorkshire with two colonies and I think I've hit the limit on syrup. Started 2:1 (by weight, learned that lesson on this forum) on the 12th of September and…
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