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This could have gone so wrong

Over the last month I had heard so many long term beekeepers explain swollen faces and worse by saying they had not intended to open the hive and then been tempted to do so. I vowed to learn from their … Continue reading

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Madness, Woods apidector, a touch of logic and some sping fever

Morning broke full of mist or fog – what a disappointment.  I could only see as far as the closest bird feeder. But soon it seemed bright fog – and then the sun broke through.  At last it seemed to … Continue reading

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