From the monthly archives: June 2015
The weather was kind – (until we started to take the marquee down) – the surroundings beautiful, the organisation good and the bbq done to perfection. This all served to […]
PEOPLE who wonder where bumblebees live, why there are fewer than there used to be and what can be done to help them will have their questions answered at a […]
If you are coming to the Family Day on 21 June and intend learning how to make a skep, a carefully designed domed basket used for centuries by […]
A few days ago, we received an enquiry to this website from a Ballaugh resident who said:
Hi, we think we have bees – potentially in our chimney. We are […]
Update from the Ed Officer
The students of this years Beginner Beekeepers, have fined down to seven keen attendees.
Having completed the theory part of the course at the beginning […]
During a discussion with IOM Bee Inspector Harry Owens and wife Audrey yesterday, Keith Osborn and I were privileged to be shown some of Harry’s extraordinary collection of beekeeping memorabilia.
From – IOM Today Wednesday 04 March 2015
By Dave Kneale
Official recognition from the European Union that the island’s bee population is free of the deadly varroa […]
From IOM Today, 31 May 2015 Andrew Lawson, Dominik Brystrick, David Hamilton and Jerry Norton 06:55 Sunday 31 May 2015 The quality of the Manx bee stock was recognised recently […]
