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...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #23 2023 Just in case you are missing the little colony of honeybees from the Observation Hive as they enjoy their...

2023 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #23 Last night, 4 September, at 8pm Steve and I transferred the Cliffe Castle colony with their red queen...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #22 2023 Mike and I completed the last inspection of the season, today (Bank Holiday Monday). The bees are doing...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #21 2023 Today’s inspection by Steve and myself clearly demonstrated the relationship between food availability...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #20 2023 A miserable Monday morning! It was definitely cool and on the wetter side of dry as Lee and I checked the...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #19 2023 Mike and I checked the bees today. There are ever more bees on the outer frames. All the syrup we gave on...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #18 2023 No inspection to report on this week. I had decided to make an early visit on Friday last week, to give...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #17 2023 The blog is a bit delayed this week because we've been getting for an event at Town Hall Square on...

One of ABKA's younger members reports on her trip to Slovenia as part of the British Beekeeping Association team at this year's...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #16 2023 As the beekeeping season slows down a little, so our inspections of the colony in the Observation Hive at...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #15 2023 Our little colony at Cliffe Castle is so calm and good tempered that Lee and I completed this morning’s...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #14 2023 Yesterday (Monday 3 July) was too cold and blustery to disturb the bees without good reason. Steve and I...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #13 2023 Mike and I completed today’s inspection on a windy, wet, but warm day. Despite the blustery weather, the...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #12 2023 When Mike and I checked our little colony yesterday, we found our new red queen was determined to keep...

2023 Cliffe Castle Bee Blog 11 Surprisingly hot at 10am today, when Lee and I arrived to complete the weekly inspection. Our new red...

Cliffe Castle Observation Hive Bee Blog #10 2023 A combined effort this morning at the weekly inspection of the Observation Hive. I...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #9 2023 After the excitement of hearing our new queen piping on World Bee Day, Lee and I visited the observation...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #8 2023 I think the colony in the Observation Hive may have access to a QR code reader (only joking!). After last...

Cliffe Castle Bee Blog #7 2023 Around about now, our new queen will be emerging from her special cell and completing her physical...