Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #16 2023 As the beekeeping season slows down a little, so our inspections of the colony in the Observation Hive at...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #15 2023 Our little colony at Cliffe Castle is so calm and good tempered that Lee and I completed this morning’s...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #14 2023 Yesterday (Monday 3 July) was too cold and blustery to disturb the bees without good reason. Steve and I...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #13 2023 Mike and I completed today’s inspection on a windy, wet, but warm day. Despite the blustery weather, the...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #12 2023 When Mike and I checked our little colony yesterday, we found our new red queen was determined to keep...

2023 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog 11 Surprisingly hot at 10am today, when Lee and I arrived to complete the weekly inspection. Our new red...

Cliffe Castle Observation Hive Bee Blog #10 2023 A combined effort this morning at the weekly inspection of the Observation Hive. I...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #9 2023 After the excitement of hearing our new queen piping on World Bee Day, Lee and I visited the observation...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #8 2023 I think the colony in the Observation Hive may have access to a QR code reader (only joking!). After last...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #7 2023 Around about now, our new queen will be emerging from her special cell and completing her physical...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #6 2023 Today (5 May 2023) Lee and I went back to check the (presently queenless) Observation Hive for any extra...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #5 2023 An exciting inspection of the observation hive colony this morning (1st May). Steve and I found several...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #4 2023 Today (Monday 24 April) is far too cold to attempt an inspection of the colony. With the forecast...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #3 2023 Today, 17 April, we have returned a colony of honeybees to Cliffe Castle Museum. Preparations began...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #2 2023 The bees will arrive back at the Museum on Monday 17 April! It will be an early start for Steve, Lee,...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #1 2023 Our stop/start spring this year has meant that we haven’t been able to return the bees to their Cliffe...