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The Song of the Swarm
“Perhaps the one stage in bee-keeping that requires the least protection and minimum of courage is “swarm catching” – that is, taking natural swarms after they have alighted in a cluster on a bush or...
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Feed on every kind of fruit….
‘Your Lord inspired the bee, saying: “Make your homes in the mountains, in the trees, and in the hives which men shall build for you. Feed on every kind of fruit, and follow the trodden paths of your...
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Samson’s Riddle
Samson’s riddle is a riddle that appears in the biblical narrative about Samson. Samson posed the riddle to his thirty Philistine guests, in these words: “Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the...
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135 lbs of Honey, 8 Hives into Winter
We took a late harvest this year. With eight hives up and a very late summer, we have left quite a bit of honey on the hives. It has been a lovely “Indian summer’ here in the UK – but the Autumn...
View ArticleWhat are the collective nouns for bees and drones?
There are many collective nouns for a group of bees: a bike of bees a charm of bees a cluster of bees an erst of bees a game of bees a grist of bees a hive of bees a hum of bees a nest of bees a rabble...
View ArticleLecture to the London Dowsers: Dowsing in Service to the Honeybee
On 28th September, I gave a talk to the London Dowsers. It was the first opportunity to present the results of my efforts to replicate the amazing work done by John Harding who first introduced himself...
View ArticleHoneybees can add and subtract!
Many animals understand numbers at a basic level for use in essential tasks such as foraging, shoaling, and resource management. However, complex arithmetic operations, such as addition and...
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Help Australian Beekeepers Relocate Their Hives
Large parts of South and East Australia have been ravaged by wildfires. The destruction of natural habitats has great impact for Australian beekeepers who produce 70-80% of their honey from forests....
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The Flower Moon
I’ve decided to post daily for a year (or more) on things that inspire me. Today is the first day. I’ve been very affected by the moon in the past few days with the FULL FLOWER MOON. There was also...
View ArticleAnd Then There Was One – Only “Truth” Remains
I’ve been a beekeeper for nearly 20 years, and I’ve never experienced such losses as I have this winter. At the end of the 2022 season, I had four healthy hives, but now I have only one – called...
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