2025 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #9 Well, that’s all folks! Last night (8 September) at 7.30pm Steve and I collected the bees from Cliffe...

2025 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #8 Mike Latham and I checked the bees this morning (1 st  September), on a cool and windy day. Even though we...

2025 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #8   Lee and I found our new queen to be laying on 4 frames in the colony at today’s inspection (18th...

2025 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog # 7 Anthony and I checked the bees this morning (11 August) and I marked her blue (rather heavy handed – she...

2025: Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #7 Can you believe that it has taken from 5 May to 4 August to finally find a laying queen in our little...

2025: Cliffe Castle Bee Blog number 6 Sunday 11 May brought a very warm morning for Lee and I to check the observation hive for a viable...

Blog number 5 - 5th May 2025 Today, Anthony, student beekeeper Jacqui and I found that the spring build up in the observation hive...

Blog number 4, 28th April 2025 Steve and I checked the observation hive this morning - and what a change in the weather from last week!...

Blog number 3 - 21st April 2025 A chilly, wet, morning for Lee and I to check the observation hive today, but it was necessary. Bee-Yonce...