Archive - Heather Bell Honey Bees

Bees and Beehives

In a previous article we started to unpick at what we might be doing differently that accounts for our winter losses being substantially lower than…

Jun 7 • heatherbellhoneybees

May 2026

First Inspection Cases

May 24 • heatherbellhoneybees

A Swarm in May...

“A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay.

May 13 • heatherbellhoneybees

Beekeeping Pollution

This follows on from the end of our previous article where we mentioned the winter losses over recent years that some beekeepers are experiencing and…

May 3 • heatherbellhoneybees

April 2026

I’m very fortunate that most of my working life is spent in close connection with nature.

Apr 26 • heatherbellhoneybees

First Inspections

If winter losses are shaped by management in the year before, then the year can be shaped by what we do in spring.

Apr 18 • heatherbellhoneybees

Bee Keeping or Bee Bothering?

There is a point each year where something shifts.

Apr 12 • heatherbellhoneybees

March 2026

Between Winter and Something Else

The date is never fixed.

Mar 29 • heatherbellhoneybees

Mar 17 • heatherbellhoneybees

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