ETHICAL BEE Company

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

Hello there , thankyou for reading this months Blog. Above you can see Mike, a trainee beekeeper at the apiary last week, helping me out....

May is synonymous with swarming. Swarming is the beekeepers nightmare. There is a lot of theory about managing and preventing swarming....

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...

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...

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...

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...

You’ve done everything right. There is activity around your hive. Your bee’s have survived the winter. As Spring approaches we have not...

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...

Saturday 27th June proved to be a highly successful training day. Everyone enjoyed themselves, which is what bee keeping is all about. A...

A review of the crash course in Bee keeping Last Saturday the 14th September, the weather was perfect for bee keeping and delivering a...