Western Apiary Meeting has lots to interest the novice beekeeper
Saturday afternoon found Keith Osborn and your scribe at the beautiful rural setting Andy Scarlett chose to locate his beehives. It was like a “raid by the Southern” as we strode through the long grass from the carpark up the field to where the Apiary meeting was well on its way.
Thanks to Phil Corlett for these pictures from the afternoon at Norrie and Esther’s
Source: SICAMM Home
To the experienced beekeepers on the Isle of Man, SICAMM may be well known; it wasn’t to me, but when I came across the picture below and compared the colour with the bees in our topbar hive, those we find in our garden and the ones we saw on our recent […]
Fascinating time-lapse photography.
Hat-tip to Judith Cain for the lead.
Those who visited Norrie and Esther’s home yesterday were in for a real treat watching these two consummate professionals at work.
Norrie showed us how he makes his wax, firstly using his sun box to melt the old wax and separating propolis from the wax, then removes the wax to his bain marie […]
Post by Cilla Platt
This year has been hectic in the field of Education within the IOM Federation of Beekeepers.
I can only speak for the part that I, as Education Officer, have had to organise.
Of course, there have been other exciting things going on in our Federation.
This is to remind members of All Things Wax, a demonstration by Esther and Norrie Mills at their home this Saturday, 23 May of beewax and some of its many uses.
As we reported on 19 February 2015, here, the EU passed into law the following:
The introduction into the Isle of Man of bees in any stage of their life cycle, used hives, skeps or any receptacle used to house bees is prohibited.
However, there has been some debate whether the penalty for […]
Bees bringing economic buzz
In case you missed the release in the Manx press last week after Roger Patterson’s visit, here it is again.
Its worth re-iterating the final paragraph of State Vet, Stuart Jacques’ comment in the release:
‘However, I’d ask the public to be aware that honey, even virtually empty jars, should not be left out where […]
(I came across this article in “The Conversation” earlier this week. Attribution and links at the foot of the page.)
It’s bee season and now’s the time to go outside and observe these popular insects. Bees hold a relatively special place in people’s affections – we have them to thank for honey, of course, and […]
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