Friday 3 April 2015

Bee day

I've been at the bees today:


I can't give up smoking

I am a total beginner at bees, so I'm likely to make mistakes. But this, for pretty well sure, is a frame of capped brood in the typical oval laying pattern at the centre of the frame, with a ring of larvae around it, and a ring of honey beyond that:

I was framed, mate

Wednesday 1 April 2015

Patrick Plods Along

I moved Patrick the foal and his mum Marguerita into a newly-fenced field today. The field is called "Camelot" because it was (King) Artur, a friend, who opened it up for us.


Bramble Breaks Out

Bramble the lamb is small...and can still slip under the fences. Here she is, on the way to freedom: