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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 4

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

Most recent posts

Amitraz resistance
If I used AI-generated post titles, this week's offering would have been called something like "Ten things you need to know about mite treatment" or "What Vita-Pharma doesn't tell you about Apivar".But I don't. Instead, …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 351 words
Simple stock improvement
Regular readers will be aware that I've spent most of this season doing inspections in the rain.At least, that's what it has felt like.Regular beekeepers may have been doing the same thing, as the weather …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 3,699 words
Swarms, lost and found
There is something exhilarating about a swarm.The chaos and confusion of the whirling maelstrom of bees, corralled and coordinated by a few hundred scout bees, or a hefty dose of pheromones, is a sight to …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 3,294 words