MY BEEKEEPING BLOG

Welcome to my blog page. This is one area I want to improve on and publish on a more regular basis.

It does become more challenging as the beekeeping season starts, but I'm determined to do my best to post some

informative and interesting articles here.

May 17, 20182 min read

Bird Box Swarm Removal - May 2018

We were wandering around the lake side apiary and got called over to one of the birdboxes by the head bailiff who had spotted a swarm of...

Apr 27, 20184 min read

2018 British Beekeeping Association Spring Convention and Trade Show

The British Beekeeping Association holds it's annual Spring Convention early in the year around the beginning of April usually, and I...

Apr 10, 20184 min read

Beginner Beekeepers Guide To Making Brood and Super Frames

Hi, I'm Stewart Spinks and welcome to my weekly blog. This week were looking at the basics of making up frames for both brood boxes and...

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Mar 30, 20186 min read

The How, Why and When You Should Feed Pollen Substitute to your Honeybees!

Unless you've been keeping honeybees for a prolonged period of time it can seem that at every turn there's yet another difficult choice...

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Mar 15, 20181 min read

Waiting, Waiting, It's turned cold again!

This cold weather is really spoiling my fast start to the new season. Time to get the microphone out and record something! I had started...

Mar 15, 20182 min read

Winter's Beast from the East!

It doesn't happen often, but when it does snow we seem to get a decent covering. March 2018: It snowed! We had a storm blow in from the...

Mar 14, 20183 min read

New Website, New Blog

With the launch of my new website I'm determined to get to grips with a blog for the coming season. Welcome to the first of my new blog...