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Education Resources 

First solo inspection

June 15, 2020 Sue Watling 1 Comment Beginners blog, mistakes, solo inspection

It still takes ages to get booted and suited. There must be an easy way to wear double nitrile gloves

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spotting the unmarked queen and learning to read a frame

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments Beginners blog, queen marking, reading a frame

During the transfer from nuc to hive, I’d only seen the pink queen. She was marked but the brown queen

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Transferring bees from nucs to hives

May 12, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments Beginners blog, nucs, transfer

Three days after the nucs arrived on the allotment, it was time to transfer the bees to their new homes,

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Bees arrive on the allotment…

May 1, 2020May 12, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments arrival, Beginners blog, nucs

The bees have arrived. Locked in their nuc boxes the previous night, they travelled a couple of miles to their

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Meeting my bees for the first time…

April 20, 2020May 1, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments Beginners blog, nucs

I’ve met my bees! Two overwintered nucleus colonies are on a friend’s allotment. Booted, suited and masked, alongside keeping social

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DIY hive building

April 10, 2020May 12, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments Beginners blog, DIY hive building

I bought two flat-pack British Standard hives. How hard could it be? I soon found out that as a novice

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Coronavirus and beekeeping

April 7, 2020April 30, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments Beginners blog, coronavirus

Beekeeping is both a solitary and a social activity. While tending hives is often done in isolation, there’s benefits from

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Clothing choices

April 1, 2020April 30, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments Beginners blog, clothing

You’re never going to make a fashion statement in a bee suit.  Practical, rather than smart or classy, they’re essential

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Getting started

March 31, 2020May 16, 2020 Sue Watling 0 Comments Beginners blog

Keeping bees is increasingly popular and I’m getting started this year. Over the next few months, this blog will follow

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