It's not just our honeybees that rely on nectar and pollen to survive. We must look after all of our native pollinators. Anyone out there know what this little chap is called?
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Emergency Queen cells are rarely as good as Spring swarm cells
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Unfortunately this hive has a Drone Laying Queen.
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Saw these in a field next to the Oilseed Rape.
Crimson Clover (Trifolium Incarnatum).
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Well that's over quickly! Oilseed Rape plants with seed pods developing after our bees have done theire work pollinating.
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A cream coloured Oilseed Rape flower. A natural colour mutation.
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Picture perfect wildflower meadow with a wide mix of flowers for all pollinators.
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Torn down Queen cell. Bad weather delays swarming!
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Blackberries in flower here at the fishing lakes apiaries!
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