So Long Europe youtu.be/huttr2aOy6g via YouTube A song for Europe. By a friend Rob Gill of Wirksworth .😥

I don’t believe it, I was bottling some honey and heard a strange sound above my head, a Queen Wasp was starting to build her nest in the ceiling. Sorry but I had to let her go and build her nest somewhere else.

Yes every thing in its place, not your bottling room please, mine wasn't there the day before when I cleaned and tidied the room!

A mason bee attending to her nest in the garden after laying a few eggs and feeding the lava with small plugs of pollen.

A swarm of bees arriving at my prepared bait hive on Saturday, all went well and happily settling in.

Spot the Queen A swarm landing on the ground in front of the hive and walking straight into the spare hive placed in front yesterday.

The swarm now entering the bait hive nice and steady.

Make a wish? This intelligent swarm chose a des res for their rest while I had a call out to collect the easy to hive colony of bees.🐝🐝🐝

BEEKEEPING MUST GO ON Whilst we are closed, you can still contact us, by email and send a message from our web site thehoneypot.store We can then arrange a day and a time to suit you. usually next day and meet you there individually maintaining our social distancing.

Tidying this apiary site between inspections. It makes working a pleasure not a pain

Hives to the heather time. Let’s hope this warm weather can last long enough for the bees to collect plenty of honey this year.

Bees back home now after a successful day at The Peak District. Very full of Heather Honey to press out and bottle for my customers.

A few bees were out for quick flight today in the mid winter.

A bright and sunny day at the end of February with the bees on the Winter Hyacinths.

Bees need water, my moss covered pool at the apiary is appreciated by the bees as they are building up their colony at this time of year.

The headless beekeepers 🐝🐝🙂. Veils drying in this hot and sunny, day after a wash during a break between inspections.

A piece of clever video that says it all, how can a government continue with this person as their Prime Minister?

Bees busy today on a cold 5c but bright and sunny, even finding pollen in the middle of winter.