What a difference a month can make! Now that we are well into September, the Autumn weather is certainly in full flow. Leaves are starting to fall, swirling across the lawns as the breezes catch them, and windfall apples are being devoured by hungry wasps and clouds...
Summer’s lease hath all too short a date. As August draws to an end I find myself wondering where the month has gone and what lies ahead. As Shakespeare says, “Summer’s lease hath all too short a date”. Schools are back, children have swapped toys and...
Cats and Commas Scotland’s year of climate anomalies seems to be continuing with each successive month breaking another record as the hottest, wettest or the windiest since records began. June 2023 was the hottest ever on record for the UK, it was drier than average...
Flaming June For the past two months we have been experiencing a long, dry spell of beautiful, sunny weather but can you have too much of a good thing? Is the climate changing? It is interesting how quickly we forget the conditions experienced in previous years and...
A Swarm in June is worth a Silver Spoon It’s swarm season which (apart from the sticky mess of extracting honey) is what beekeepers live for. It’s so much fun! Colony numbers have expanded rapidly since April so that the foraging force will be at its peak by the time...
Apiary Visit This weekend the Apiary Team hosted a visit for Dunblane and Stirling Beekeepers’ Association members. The association has been instrumental in helping to get the Bannockburn House Apiary set up. All Apiary Team members attend the Winter beginners’...
