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Bedlam revisited – successfully treated all hives now

If you are at all cowardly (and I admit I am) going back to  the scene of failure and a wee bit of scariness, is a hard step to take.  However, it had to be taken. I decided to wear … Continue reading

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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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