Peter Klauza
Acquiring a Bee colony or two
If you have ever considered beekeeping please get in touch. I can offer mentoring and training. The most expensive ever colony acquired...
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Peter Klauza
- Aug 29
- 3 min
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
On a liveaboard you live by the bell. A Bell for breakfast, a bell for dive briefings, a bell for lunch, a bell for a wake up call, and a...
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Peter Klauza
- Jul 19
- 3 min
Why do 80% of beekeepers give up after 5 years?
I read an article on this recently and I will address it in a simple honest way. Bee keeping is not simple, its actually hard work, not...
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Peter Klauza
- May 11
- 3 min
Shook swarms and Nosema
Why would you do a shook swarm? To discourage swarming and disease The shook swarm method is used in beekeeping to switch a colony of...
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Peter Klauza
- May 4
- 2 min
Paradoxes and Epigenetics
“Paradox of our age, totally.” A quote from the Dali Lama, a wise old man, but he doesn’t keep bees ! The paradox is that we are richer...
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Peter Klauza
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Reflections
After many years of beekeeping and the challenges and struggles that I’ve faced, I’m scaling down my operations. At my height I had ONE...
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Peter Klauza
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Happy Easter
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Easter. You should have done your first annual inspection by now, and know what state...
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Peter Klauza
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Inspect your hives today
Dont waste time. If you have not checked your bee hives already, they may not have made it over the winter and died. Check your beehives...
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Peter Klauza
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Welcome back to another exciting year of Beekeeping
Did you know there are 102 million managed bee colonies in the world ? Personally I have limited stocks of UK bred high quality calm,...
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Peter Klauza
- Dec 25, 2023
- 1 min
Thankyou
Just a quick message to all my customers. Past, present and future. Thankyou very much for supporting independant small businesses like...
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Peter Klauza
- Sep 18, 2023
- 2 min
Review of the year
Hi, It's the rock climbing apiarist here, as one of my friends and customers call me. After a very strange weather wise (cool and wet in...
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Peter Klauza
- Aug 5, 2023
- 2 min
The End of bee keeping in the UK?
I was going to tell you all about summer and progress in the apiary, but there hasn’t been much of a summer, just lots of rain after a...
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Peter Klauza
- May 31, 2023
- 1 min
The Bee Experience
Join me this Saturday for a great Experience. The course is in the City of Leicester and starts at 10pm and Finishes at 4 pm. It's a day...
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Peter Klauza
- May 8, 2023
- 3 min
Spring Update
Hello there , thankyou for reading this months Blog. Above you can see Mike, a trainee beekeeper at the apiary last week, helping me out....
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Peter Klauza
- Apr 23, 2023
- 3 min
PREVENTING YOUR BEES FROM SWARMING IN MAY
May is synonymous with swarming. Swarming is the beekeepers nightmare. There is a lot of theory about managing and preventing swarming....
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Peter Klauza
- Mar 4, 2023
- 1 min
JUNE INTENSIVE BEEKEEPING COURSE- DETAILS
PRICES Residential Price ( limited space including full English Breakfast) £240 Non Residential Price £ 199 including BBQ The courses...
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Peter Klauza
- Feb 24, 2023
- 3 min
The Beekeepers Year
January is the month you go down the pub and contemplate the forthcoming year. It’s a very quiet month for beekeepers. Of course if you...
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Peter Klauza
- Jan 2, 2023
- 1 min
Happy New Year & Winter Update
A Happy New year to you all . It's been a successful 2022 and I'm looking forward to supplying more customers with some wonderful bees...
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Peter Klauza
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Karl Showler we salute you….
He was born in 1932 and at school was interested in history. He was president of the beekeeping assocation in 1989. He was a...
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Peter Klauza
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
Apiary Extreme heat
It’s been a lazy summer at the apiary and 40 degree heat is hot! I felt sorry for all the bee’s working overtime to keep their hive...
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