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Queens, Brood and Nucs.
In early April, while inspecting my hive, I found that two were now “broodless” – meaning that there were no young bees anywhere (in the form of eggs or larvae). It looked as if the…
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Help – where is the brood ?
Its early April, and the bees are busy. I took the opportunity to inspect them during a period of warmer weather – and found that two of the six hives had absolutely no brood :…
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Spring 2026 – a new year begins
Winter is over (maybe) and spring has arrived. In 2025 we finished the year with too many hives – more than I could really look after. I took the opportunity to combine a couple of…
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2025 – Preparing the bees for winter
The summer is over, the honey has been harvested and now the bees have to prepare themselves for winter. For the beekeeper that means checking that they have enough stores (food) to keep them going…
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2025 honey harvest
Its been a good year for honey. The weather has been warm (if a little dry) and the bees have been busy. At the start of June I removed (harvested?) about 70kg of honey –…
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Welcome to Hottsfield Honey
I started keeping bees about 10 years ago – firstly with just two small hives filled with a couple of nuclei (aka “nukes”) obtained from another club member after joining the local beekeeping association. Those…