2024: Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #11 Steve and I went back to the Observation Hive this morning to provide the bees with material from which...

2024: Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #10 Sadly, the poor weather we are experiencing this “summer” must have affected our new queen managing to...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #9 We had a good inspection on Spring Bank Holiday Monday. Steve and I checked the bees for the first time in...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #8 On 12 May, Mike and I went back to check for any new queen cells raised by the bees since 6 May in the...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #7 Mike and I found charged, but damaged, queen cells on the bottom of one frame and some cells on other...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #6 Steve and I checked the bees at the Observation Hive this morning and found them developing apace. We now...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #5 Luckily the weather held this morning, as Anthony, our newest team member, and I completed the inspection...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #4 Given the weather forecast, we decided to give the Observation Hive bees a break today. They have space...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #3 Mike and I completed the first check on the Cliffe Castle colony on Monday 8 April. Not the best of days,...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #2 Ruby Wax and her daughters have returned to the Cliffe Castle Observation Hive for the new season, just in...

2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #1 As the days get longer, the birdsong louder and the sun feels ever warmer when it escapes the clouds, our...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #23 2023 Just in case you are missing the little colony of honeybees from the Observation Hive as they enjoy their...

2023 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #23 Last night, 4 September, at 8pm Steve and I transferred the Cliffe Castle colony with their red queen...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #22 2023 Mike and I completed the last inspection of the season, today (Bank Holiday Monday). The bees are doing...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #21 2023 Today’s inspection by Steve and myself clearly demonstrated the relationship between food availability...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #20 2023 A miserable Monday morning! It was definitely cool and on the wetter side of dry as Lee and I checked the...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #19 2023 Mike and I checked the bees today. There are ever more bees on the outer frames. All the syrup we gave on...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #18 2023 No inspection to report on this week. I had decided to make an early visit on Friday last week, to give...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #17 2023 The blog is a bit delayed this week because we've been getting for an event at Town Hall Square on...

One of ABKA's younger members reports on her trip to Slovenia as part of the British Beekeeping Association team at this year's...