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Peter Klauza
Dec 12 min read
Winter Update
If you are looking for a good stocking filler presents this year there is no better choice than pure beeswax candles. I’ve made and sold...
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Peter Klauza
Sep 211 min read
Preparing for Winter
If you own bee's there are two things you must do this year Wrap your hives with insulation, or use an insulation board and feed your...
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Peter Klauza
May 113 min read
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 42 min read
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 292 min read
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 272 min read
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
May 8, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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
May 12, 20222 min read
New To beekeeping?
This week I searched three of my hives for a Queen who was to accompany 5 frames of brood that had been boxed up this week to be sold. In...
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Peter Klauza
Mar 6, 20222 min read
An opinion on City Centre Bees
I read an article recently that claimed that there were too many bee’s in London to support the amount of forage available. London is...
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Peter Klauza
Feb 13, 20222 min read
Tips on Buying Bee’s
As you are aware Ethical Bee Co will be selling over wintered bee’s with new good queens this year. The process is simple you call up to...
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Peter Klauza
Jan 15, 20222 min read
MID WINTER UPDATE
If you have been following the progress of the Ethical Bee company you will know that we have gone from strength to strength since the...
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Peter Klauza
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Winter training programme
I have been asked to give training this winter, so for the advanced programme price of 14 hours the course will be £210 per person. Here...
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Peter Klauza
Oct 9, 20212 min read
October Bee Day
A day in four pictures. I’m investing for 2022, so are you ready to become an enthusiastic beekeeper? Do you have the potential to do...
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Peter Klauza
Feb 18, 20211 min read
February Update
You’ve done everything right. There is activity around your hive. Your bee’s have survived the winter. As Spring approaches we have not...
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Peter Klauza
Jul 24, 20202 min read
The July Review
It’s been a fortnight since my last hive inspections and the successful course I gave in June. During my last course this is what my...
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Peter Klauza
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Reflections on last Saturday's bee keeping course
Saturday 27th June proved to be a highly successful training day. Everyone enjoyed themselves, which is what bee keeping is all about. A...
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Peter Klauza
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Strange things are akin in Leicester
Today was a day for making observations. This is early in the season, but sadly something is not right, and if people have not woken up...
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Peter Klauza
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Bee keeping Course
A review of the crash course in Bee keeping Last Saturday the 14th September, the weather was perfect for bee keeping and delivering a...
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