ABKA Honey Show 2024
A glorious autumn day at Cliffe Castle was the perfect setting for our honey show as part of the Museum's annual Apple Day event. Our...
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Airedale Beekeepers Association
Linda
Sep 161 min read
Bee have a winner!
Congratulations to young visitors Lilly and Joe, both aged 9 years, who suggested the name that was chosen for our new queen of 2024. She...
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Linda
Sep 112 min read
Moving out over winter
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #18 If you visit Cliffe Castle now, and any time before the Easter school holidays 2025, I’m afraid you will...
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Linda
Sep 31 min read
Final inspection of the year
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #17 Anthony and I checked the bees this morning (2nd September), the last inspection before they go to their...
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Linda
Aug 202 min read
A visit from Caroline
Lee and I were joined by Caroline, from the National Bee Unit team*, when we completed our weekly check today. Caroline was visiting to...
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Linda
Aug 131 min read
New Queen (take 3)
After a glitch last week that prevented us from completing an inspection, Steve and I visited this morning to find our new queen has...
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Linda
Jul 291 min read
Third time lucky...?
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #14 I’m very pleased to say, that after another, long, 3 weeks of waiting Lee and I spotted our latest new...
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Linda
Jul 102 min read
Our new queen name will have to wait...
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog # 13 Oh dear! Today’s inspection found that our new queen had left the hive in a swarm. She had laid up an...
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sam75282
Jul 42 min read
Competition time!
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #12 On Monday 1st July, guest Observation Hive Team member, Mike Latham, kindly stood in for Lee, who was...
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Linda
Jun 101 min read
Let's try again
2024: Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #11 Steve and I went back to the Observation Hive this morning to provide the bees with material from which...
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Linda
Jun 101 min read
Waiting for summer...
2024: Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #10 Sadly, the poor weather we are experiencing this “summer” must have affected our new queen managing to...
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Linda
May 301 min read
A new Queen
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #9 We had a good inspection on Spring Bank Holiday Monday. Steve and I checked the bees for the first time in...
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Linda
May 132 min read
Making royal preparations in the hive
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #8 On 12 May, Mike and I went back to check for any new queen cells raised by the bees since 6 May in the...
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Linda
May 52 min read
Swarm preparations
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #7 Mike and I found charged, but damaged, queen cells on the bottom of one frame and some cells on other...
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Linda
Apr 281 min read
Colony expanding nicely
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #6 Steve and I checked the bees at the Observation Hive this morning and found them developing apace. We now...
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Linda
Apr 211 min read
Things are hotting up!
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #5 Luckily the weather held this morning, as Anthony, our newest team member, and I completed the inspection...
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Linda
Apr 141 min read
Giving the bees a break
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #4 Given the weather forecast, we decided to give the Observation Hive bees a break today. They have space...
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Linda
Apr 131 min read
Blooming marvellous
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #3 Mike and I completed the first check on the Cliffe Castle colony on Monday 8 April. Not the best of days,...
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Linda
Mar 301 min read
The bees are back
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #2 Ruby Wax and her daughters have returned to the Cliffe Castle Observation Hive for the new season, just in...
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chris5470
Mar 122 min read
It's nearly spring!
2024 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #1 As the days get longer, the birdsong louder and the sun feels ever warmer when it escapes the clouds, our...
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