Does the weather always have the last say? An incredible spring saw a record number of swarms and people running out of equipment, but also very good honey crops. The weather was such that in… Read More »Rugby Branch Update – July 2023
WINTER IS COMING – OR IS IT? We had a very interesting talk this month from David Bonner about honeybee democracy. As always, David stimulated a lot of discussion. The size of the optimum space… Read More »Rugby Beekeepers Update – December 2022
ARE FLOWERS BLOOMING EARLY AND DO HORNETS LIKE PRAWNS? Everyone is busy and we have no meetings at this time of year. Various conversations about the constant challenges of bee keeping and how not one… Read More »Rugby Beekeepers Update – September 2022
It’s just a little too hot, don’t you think? Is this the first time in history that beekeepers have been worried about how to do sf50 for their bees. It seems we can never escape… Read More »Rugby Update – July 2022
The Story of the Uncapped Comb Interestingly, this month we had planned to do an in-house discussions on swarm control as part of our meetings, and had watched a video on swarm control followed by… Read More »Rugby Branch Update – June 2022
Sad news from our Rugby Branch. Words by Martin Wibberley. I am sad to say that early this week I received the news that Bruce Roberts had passed away. Bruce had been a beekeeper for… Read More »Telling the bees – Bruce Roberts
BLOOMS AND THE BBKA SPRING CONVENTION It is that time of year and the warm weather increases all our activity. Like the farmers members always seem to say “alright so far” as long as there… Read More »Rugby Update – May 2022
