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Thirteen Ways to Treat Varroa, and Why We Reach for Apiguard

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The home apiary. Three hives and a new nuc, as of this week. We ordered the Apiguard yesterday. It hasn’t landed yet, and for once that’s useful, because it means there’s still time to do a proper mite count before anything goes near a hive. Three hives now, and a new nuc that turned up … Read more

The Weekend Beekeeper’s Dilemma

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A footprint trap being built with a layer of dark soil underneath and light sand on top for clear animal prints

The weather these past few weeks has been miserable. Showers, thunder, cold snaps dropping into single digits when May should be settling into the teens. And like a lot of beekeepers I know, weekends are realistically my only window to get into the hive properly. The girls don’t care about my Monday to Friday. The … Read more

Bee Happy Honey is a mother-daughter beekeeping adventure from Northern Ireland. We're complete beginners documenting every step of our journey. Proud members of the Randalstown & District Beekeepers Association.

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