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  • [ 30/05/2023 ] Bee Buzz Box June 2023 The Catacomb Part II – Stinger Wasp Comb Apiary
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Bee Buzz Box June 2023 The Catacomb Part II – Stinger Wasp Comb

30/05/2023 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box June 2023 The Catacomb Part II – Stinger Wasp Comb

Alan Wade While all ants are social – none are solitary – the vast majority of wasps and bees are solitary. The success of these lacey winged, narrow waisted insects is reflected in their sheer […]

Frank Cheshire's 1886 drawing of honey bee comb, Volume 1, p.17.
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The Catacomb Part I – Honey Bee Comb Bee Buzz Box May 2023

28/04/2023 Alan Wade Comments Off on The Catacomb Part I – Honey Bee Comb Bee Buzz Box May 2023

Alan Wade In this month’s Bee Buzz Box introduction, we learnt that not only do different species of honey bee vary greatly in their metrics but that other factors, such as nutrition and geographic variation, […]

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Bee Buzz Box March 2023 The Goldilocks Rule

19/02/2023 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box March 2023 The Goldilocks Rule

Alan Wade One of the many challenges faced by the novice beekeeper is knowing when and how to add supers to their hives. A seemingly equally difficult task is deciding when to take supers off […]

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Bee Buzz Box February 2023 Honey bee survival

20/01/2023 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box February 2023 Honey bee survival

Alan Wade So your bees made it through last winter and, way back in early spring, you checked for disease and stores to make sure your bees could grow to give you, and your bees, […]

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Bee Buzz Box December 2022 Where Beekeepers Fear to Tread – Tom Theobald

25/11/2022 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box December 2022 Where Beekeepers Fear to Tread – Tom Theobald

Alan Wade Tom Theobald is the essence of beekeeping folklore. Of a retrospective on Tom, Rachel Gabel writing from The FencePosti records Miles McGaughey, an early associate of Tom’s, saying that: …he first knew of […]

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Bee Buzz Box November 2022 Requeening with Swarm Control

22/10/2022 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box November 2022 Requeening with Swarm Control

Alan Wade In the 1950s an eminent group of American apiarists collaborated to present a coherent approach to spring hive management. They realised that the processes of honey bee population buildup, swarm preparation and queen […]

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Bee Buzz Box – October 2022 Honey Bee Colony Dynamics Part II – Queen Cell Signatures

16/09/2022 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box – October 2022 Honey Bee Colony Dynamics Part II – Queen Cell Signatures

Alan Wade Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go;Ring out the false, ring in the true. In MemoriamiAlfred Lord Tennyson – […]

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Bee Buzz Box – September 2022 Honey Bee Colony Dynamics Part I – Brood Nest Signatures

21/08/2022 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box – September 2022 Honey Bee Colony Dynamics Part I – Brood Nest Signatures

Alan Wade Much can be learnt from close inspection of brood combs. That is quite all apart from examining brood for the telltale signs of disease. What do we look for when we open up […]

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Bee Buzz Box August 2022 Giant Honey Bees Part II – The Tale is in the Sting

16/07/2022 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box August 2022 Giant Honey Bees Part II – The Tale is in the Sting

Alan Wade In this episode, we delve deeper into the biology of the giant honey bees, magnificent insects, but emphatically fearsome creatures. Here we review the defining features of the known giant honey bees. With […]

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Bee Buzz Box July 2022 Giant Honey Bees Part I – The Sting is in the Tail

17/06/2022 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box July 2022 Giant Honey Bees Part I – The Sting is in the Tail

Alan Wade The Apis dorsata group are the whoppers of the bee kingdom: they have the largest body mass, the longest and largest stings, by far the largest venom glands and, to boot, one extra […]

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