todays news

[fatshark]

You never know !

I have no idea what mine are on at the moment but it was pissing down and at 8pm one hive was still foraging in force. So much I went to check nearby hives were not getting robbed or they had found a way into my extracting room. But no....up and off over a field. Odd.

Did you see them coming back though? ... perhaps they were abandoning the NE of Scotland.

It's official ... the wettest June on record in Fife. I am pleased to announce the selection and successful mating of a new honey bee subspecies ...

Apis mellifera aquaticus

[alancooper]

Jambo - best to have your "location" to give geographic context to your flowering time observations. There are considerable differences depending on how far N/S or E/W

[fatshark]

Jambo means 'thing' in Swahili ... Tanzania? Congo? Rwanda?

[Jambo]

Jambo - best to have your "location" to give geographic context to your flowering time observations. There are considerable differences depending on how far N/S or E/W

Yes indeed, didn't realise I had omitted that. Hopefully fixed now, thanks!

Jambo means 'thing' in Swahili ... Tanzania? Congo? Rwanda?

Always thought it meant hello? None of the above, though I do have some African roots and lived on that wonderful continent for over three years - nothing to do with the username though

[fatshark]

hujambo Jambo = Hello thing!

[busybeephilip]

I always thought "Jambo" meant hello , that is what I was uttering to the natives in kenya, must have been right otherwise i'd be on the flo, nepana sante

[Jambo]

My bees are going mad for this weed at the moment - any idea what it is? Seems to produce copious amounts of bright green pollen.

Thanks.

[Jane S]

My bees are going mad for this weed at the moment - any idea what it is? Seems to produce copious amounts of bright green pollen.

Thanks.

Filipendula ulmaria, likes the damp, flowers smell, er sweet.

[Jambo]

Filipendula ulmaria, likes the damp, flowers smell, er sweet.

Aha, meadowsweet, thank you.

[Poly Hive]

Interesting day. Some nucs have mated well and are motering but two big units have failed to mate after a month so test frames are in.
Went through some colonies belonging to a lady I am mentoring and one of the nucs we created now on 5 frames of brood is a gem. Quiet bees, they froze on the comb, and no smoke needed at all. No flying at us no stinging... hmm.... I can see some grafting from her next year.

I perpetually live in hope.

PH