Carol Malin
Meltdown.
This might resonate with some people, I wrote it last year, it was a bit of a week, which started with celebrating my 55th Birthday on my...
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Carol Malin
Apr 4, 20211 min
The Blackthorn Winter.
The Blackthorn Winter is a spell of cold weather in early April which often coincides with the blossoming of the blackthorn in hedgerows....
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Carol Malin
Sep 24, 20202 min
Ivy, why you should leave it to grow.
Ivy is an important source of late autumn pollen and nectar for Honey bees and other pollinators. Ivy mainly flowers in September and...
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Carol Malin
Sep 17, 20201 min
Colletes - Plasterer Bees
Photograph taken at The ORC site, Heading, Oxfordshire by C A Malin. This is a furry solitary bee of medium size. Pollen is collected on...
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Carol Malin
Sep 16, 20202 min
The importance of pollen to Honey Bees.
Bee bread is a mixture of pollen and nectar/honey. It the main source of food for the workers and larvae. Pollen is stored in the cells...
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Carol Malin
Jun 18, 20201 min
Honey supers on and the golden nectar taken off.
The honeybees are out in this warm weather, collecting pollen and nectar. The brood boxes where the queens stays (hopefully and not in...
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Carol Malin
Mar 24, 20201 min
In these worrying times.
I hope you are all keeping safe and well.. Well, the bee's are out and about, plenty of pollen being brought in, this shows that the...
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C A Malin
Nov 28, 20191 min
A matter of wax.
For honeybees to make wax they have to raise the temperature in the hive from 33 to 36°C (91 to 97°F). They would need to consume eight...
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C A Malin
Oct 19, 20191 min
That time of year again.
Woodpecker guards made for the extra colonies.
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C A Malin
Mar 20, 20191 min
1st Day of Spring.
The Honeybees are out today collecting pollen and nectar from Box (Buxus sempervirens). There are various colours of pollen they are...
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C A Malin
Mar 20, 20191 min
Bumblebee Nest Box.
I have painted my nest box and it is now ready to be placed outside hoping to encourage a queen bumblebee to use it. I will update you in...
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C A Malin
Feb 14, 20191 min
The Bees were Buzzing today.
February 14th and what a lovely day. The birds were singing and the bees buzzing. The bees even found some pollen to bring in.
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C A Malin
Jan 21, 20191 min
Fondant feeding.
During these winter months you need to keep a check on the hives, not only for damage caused by high winds, falling branches and...
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C A Malin
Jan 21, 20191 min
Winter jobs
There are many winter jobs for a Beekeeper, but one of them is cleaning the wax you have collected through the year. There are many ways...
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C A Malin
Sep 21, 20181 min
Feeding the hives.
Once you have taken the varroa treatment off the hives, now is the time to feed your bees, with some varroa treatments you cannot feed...
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C A Malin
Jul 19, 20181 min
Very little flowering
Many parts of Britain have had very little rain and in this part of Oxfordshire we have not had any. There is very little flowering for...
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C A Malin
May 10, 20181 min
Oil seed rape spraying.
If you are a beekeeper you need to be aware that the oil seed rape will be sprayed with insecticides when it is in full flower. Hopefully...
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C A Malin
Apr 19, 20181 min
Out checking hive in the sun.
Well, the weather has change, so for the past two days I took advantage of the very warm sunshine. Queens are laying, 2 to 4 frames of...
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C A Malin
Mar 3, 20181 min
Snow
If you can get out to your hives in the snow, check the entrance to the hive is clear of snow. If your hives are on solid floors,...
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C A Malin
Feb 12, 20185 min
Life of the Bumblebee
The first bumblebee queens will emerge from hibernation in spring, some as early as February or March. Only the fattest queens survive,...
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