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The Apiarist - Blog

Weekly posts on the science and practice of beekeeping. Bees, honey, swarms, bad backs, stings and just about everything else as well.

  • By David Evans
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly one post per week
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Dec 2023 9
Jan 2024 8
Feb 2024 8
Mar 2024 7
Apr 2024 4
May 2024 6
Jun 2024 5
Jul 2024 5
Aug 2024 5
Sep 2024 4
Oct 2024 4
Nov 2024 3

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

November interlude
November is one of those 'in between' months as far as my beekeeping goes. The season is essentially over, with just a few tasks to complete, but it's too early to work up much enthusiasm …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 2,458 words
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
As I slurped my second - desperately needed - coffee on Wednesday morning I watched a covey of partridge percolate out of the field margin and delicately pick their way through the neatly drilled, shoulder-high …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 3,785 words
Fake news
While discussing What is local? last week I touched on the subject of blended honey originating from more than one country. These usually carry wording similar to this:Produce of EU and non-EU countriesIf you think …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 712 words