I really wasn’t expecting much from this hive this year since it looked very weak throughout the summer but had a peek this Sunday and was very happy to see that the colony had grown into a brood and half and looked very strong and healthy. I added a QE and stuck a super on top in the hope that they get really busy in the next 2-4 weeks and make a few frames of Queen’s Park honey. I am asking a lot from them but it can happen in London.

Thanks to the , University of Third Age (U3As), Science group for asking us over to give a talk. It was a lovely group who gave us a couple of things to think about, e.g. did beekeepers have cane sugar during the war to feed their bees?
Thanks for being an interested and interesting audience.

Thanks for all those people who have been in touch about our taster courses. We were thinking of running more courses in Feb/March but there seems to be so much interest we may run some in the autumn. If you’re interested get in touch.

http://www.urbanbees.co.uk/info/taster.htm

We are really pleased to see that honeybees are still making the news. There doesn’t seem to be a week that goes by without one of the nationals reporting on some aspect of bees and beekeeping. Cool.