The Beekeeper's Year
A definitive guide to the beekeeping year. From January through to December, pointers to get you through a beekeeping year.
How To Make Easy Compost
Follow our step-by-step guide to make your own compost. Plus the benefits of making compost in your own garden, and why...
Honey & It's Uses Over Time
Honeybees and honey have played an essential part in agriculture, medicine, and culture for centuries...
Preparing For Winter
In late summer, preparations for overwintering honey bee colonies should begin. It is important to ensure that colonies go into winter in...
How To Introduce A Queen
When your Queen arrives, she will be mated and in a cage with fondant and between 5 and 10 attendants. Before introducing your Queen...
Insects & Bugs in UK Gardens: A Year Round Guide
January - Winter Bugs. Ladybirds: Even in winter, ladybirds huddle together in sheltered spots like tree bark...
Make Your Own Insect Habitat In Your Garden
Help the insects and bugs thrive in your garden by giving them a safe haven to breed and thrive!
Spring - A Time Of Hope & Starvation
This past month has seen some very varied weather conditions across the country: wet and wild...
Creating A Bee Haven
Honeybees and bumblebees are the unsung heroes of the natural world, working tirelessly to ensure that our gardens, crops, and food systems...
Don't Rush In Too Soon!
Some of the country has been blessed with balmy temperatures that may lull you into thinking it's time to start inspecting the bees...
Beeswax Candles
I often get asked about the scent of a beeswax candle when it's burning, people seem to think it will smell sweet - just like honey...
Meet The Critters
It’s not just bees, you know. There are around 1,500 pollinator species in the UK, all working to give us flowers and food...
A Guide To Feeding Birds
As the weather turns colder and daylight hours grow shorter, our feathered friends in the UK need our help more than ever. Providing the right food...
25 Seeds To Create A Banquet For Bees
Most of England’s green and pleasant land is rather barren to a pollinator. Mile upon mile of cereal monoculture...