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Something I noticed this year in particular was the fact that 2016 queens ramped up brood-rearing slowly and produced a much lower crop compared to...

Thanks M C I always record the weather every time I open up the hives. Up here it’s a lot more variable than on the mainland. The two things that...

Thank you, Lindsay. That’s a nice synopsis of the beekeeping year in the Orkneys. I’ll try and follow your example next year, and take better...

Hi all it’s a bit quiet on the forum at the moment so I’ll give you a summary of my years beekeeping here in Orkney. Winter. Early February the...

Yes, a Deaths-head Hawkmoth, presumably it's pheromone 'invisibility cloak' failed. Quite a fascinating find and yes, alien is a common response when...

That looks alien, Prakel. Is it a moth who tried its luck in a beehive?

Not today, but this season at least: