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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

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

Most recent posts

Bigger queens, better queens - part 2
I think I'm more excited by the potential created by the identification of the maternal effect in honey bees than anything beekeeping-related in the last decade.Perhaps I need to get out more?I first mentioned the …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 3,609 words
The size of a hive
I'm afraid that the title is a bit misleading. This post is more about the size - numerically - of the contents of the hive, rather than the hive itself, though that does get a …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 3,386 words
All change
This is an exciting time in the beekeeping season. So much potential ... no dispiriting setbacks yet, no failed lime harvest or laying workers.Everything to play for 😀.The long winter wait is - or will …
On , by David (The Apiarist), 3,258 words