beekeeping – The Sustainable Smallholding http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:43:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 44677425 Honey Bees For Sale In Lincolnshire 2012 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/bees-for-sale-in-lincolnshire-2012/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/bees-for-sale-in-lincolnshire-2012/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:46:40 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1903 All of my bee colonies have overwintered successfully, so once again I will be selling my surplus honey bee colonies this year. The colonies are naturally occurring swarms from my own colonies, that I will have housed on clean foundation, fed, and brought on until they are ready to be sold. The advantages of this […]

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My Earliest Flowering Willow http://sustainablesmallholding.org/my-earliest-flowering-willow/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/my-earliest-flowering-willow/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:24:27 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1845 Two years ago I was sent some willow cuttings from the research centre at Rothampstead, who keep the National willow collection. The cuttings were for me to use to see which were the earliest flowering willows. My interest is early bee forage. I have  a lot of violet willow (Salix daphnoides), which is my earliest […]

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Late Autumn, and Still Feeding Bees http://sustainablesmallholding.org/late-autumn-and-still-feeding-bees/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/late-autumn-and-still-feeding-bees/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:24:32 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1672 The mild weather has allowed my bees to get out and forage, which is useful, as they are light on food. The colonies did not build up well, due to the lack of forage during the Summer, and I was late to start feeding. Having removed the feeders last week, with not enough food being […]

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2011 Reading List (So far), Research, and Possibilities. http://sustainablesmallholding.org/2011-reading-list-so-far-research-and-possibilities/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/2011-reading-list-so-far-research-and-possibilities/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:04:28 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1643 I tend to do most of my reading and research over the Winter, once the day length shortens enough that I don’t feel too tired to study after a day working outside.  The pattern has changed this year, and I’ve recently had the chance to get a batch of reading underway. Reason for my Research […]

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Wasps under Control, and Bees Foraging http://sustainablesmallholding.org/wasps-under-control-and-bees-foraging/ http://sustainablesmallholding.org/wasps-under-control-and-bees-foraging/#respond Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:51:24 +0000 http://deanom.wordpress.com/?p=1606 It’s been a while since my last post about bees, and wasps, but that’s because things have been going well. My last post on the subject, Wasps, Bees, and doing nothing, told about the problems that I was having. That particular hive was not coping well, and so I opened it up, to find a […]

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