December is the least active month in the calendar. The bees have been given a fondant supplement, and have been treated for the Varroa...

As the temperature drops below 10 deg C, the bees are clustering in the centre of the hive. You can see them below in between the central...

October heralded the last of the autumn warmth. The foraging was mainly on Ivy and late flowering balsam. In my colonies, I saw the...