November Bee Notes
I visited my bees today (mid October), a beautiful warm, sunny day. They were bringing in huge loads of ivy pollen and there [Read More]
November – Bee Notes
November 1st, 2011 by Marty in Simon's Bee Keeping
October – Bee Notes
October 2nd, 2011 by Marty in Simon's Bee Keeping
OCTOBER
At the time of writing, towards the end of September, ivy is in full flower. It has a very distinctive scent and is the last [Read More]
September – Bee Notes
September 1st, 2011 by Marty in News, Simon's Bee Keeping
SEPTEMBER
The main honey flow did end on July 14th as I suspected. Since then only small amounts of nectar were gathered from clover and bramble.
It [Read More]
August – Bee Notes
August 2nd, 2011 by Marty in News, Simon's Bee Keeping
AUGUST
As I write (mid-July), the weather has broken. It is cool, wet and windy and I sense this is the end of the flow for [Read More]
July – Bee Notes
July 2nd, 2011 by Marty in News, Simon's Bee Keeping
A study at the Limerick Institute of Technology has confirmed that locally produced honey is healthier then blended honey!
JULY
This is the month when we [Read More]
June – Bee Notes
June 1st, 2011 by Marty in News, Simon's Bee Keeping
JUNE
Everything seems to be happening early this year. I saw huge amounts of clover in flower on the edge of the Dublin Limerick motor way [Read More]
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