Dear Members,
In eleven years of beekeeping I have never been able to melt wax in my solar extractor in April! Frames from my shook swarms have yielded a good stash of wax. Hasn’t the weather been amazing? Good news for us and our bees during this otherwise time of bad news.
Dear Members,
I hope that with Covid 19 forcing many of you to work from home that you were able to take advantage of the brief interlude of warm weather towards the end of March to take a quick look at your bees to see how they have overwintered.
Dear Members,
March is traditionally the start of the active beekeeper season, The early blossom is out. The roads are lined with Blackthorn in full bloom and other members of the Prunus family are decorating gardens and streets with their delicate blossom.
Dear Members,
I am sure you have all noticed that we have had a very mild and wet winter so far. Not really good news for our bees as it means that they have been more active than expected and as a result consuming more of their winter stores.
Dear Members,
Well here we are at the start of another year - 2020 - an evenly balanced number! I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and are ready for the new year with the new equipment which was waiting for you under the Christmas tree.
Happy New Year from me, and all members of the Rugby Beekeepers’ committee. Let’s hope that the next year proves a good one for you and your bees and that we keep the Asian Hornet and any other non-native species at bay for another year.
