Honeybees produce wax from glands in their abdomen, and their combs are a vitally important part of the colony's life, being a place to live, communicate and raise their young as well as store their honey and pollen supplies. It takes a tremendous amount of energy and collective work to form the wax cells, and …
Sustainable Beekeeping poster
This poster is the one I use as a visual aid during my Beekeeping courses and is a handy reminder for the topics covered during the session. It’s A2, printed in sepia ink with a matte finish. They are available to buy at £5 plus £3 p&p. Please contact me for postage if you are …
A Rescue
This is an account of a rescue I carried out with my friend Kit back in October 2014. It has been languishing in my Drafts folder, so I thought I would publish it but apologies for the grainy photos: taken on an iPhone 3. Anyway, enjoy! There has been a colony of feral bees in …
Wayward Bee 