Spring check-in from the Lowveld. The aloes carried us through winter and now the litchi and macadamia orchards are flowering, with the first eucalyptus stands not far be…
Southern hemisphere check-in. Three weeks ago my colonies were tight clusters ignoring me; yesterday's inspection found the two strongest wall-to-wall with bees, drones o…
Southern hemisphere check-in. We finally got a calm 16°C afternoon in Wellington yesterday so I did my first proper frame-by-frame inspection since autumn, all six hives.…
Victoria, Australia — late winter turning, and the silver wattle is flowering with the willows about to break. My colonies have noticed: brood nests expanding fast on the…
First year, one hive, Yorkshire. For the past three weeks my colony has bearded every warm evening — big calm curtain of bees on the front, which I'd learned to accept as…
Second year, two hives near İzmir. Every evening around sunset both hives have a thick curtain of bees hanging off the landing board and up the front — last night it was …
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