Greg
S2, E8: Rearing
Hello Everyone, It’s me again (Greg), Kat was busy with being a teacher/reputable member of society so she let me write another blog post...
top of page
Please Support Our Blog
Our small family business, Myst~Tree Rainford Cider and Honey, relies on the support of our customers to continue our mission of sustainable, natural beekeeping.
If you've enjoyed our blog posts and are looking to purchase some high-quality honey, please consider buying a jar from us. Our honey is harvested with care and dedication, ensuring that you get the best possible product and every purchase goes a long way to helping us produce more content for you to peruse.
Click the picture below to be taken to our store page =)
Search
Katherine
May 8, 20213 min read
S2, E7: Grafting ...
Today we visited the apiary as a spur-of-the-moment decision on the way back from my wedding dress fitting (I'm not excited! You're...
35 views0 comments
Greg
May 3, 202111 min read
S2, E6: War and Peace.
These past couple of weeks have been a bit full-on for both Kat and I, so today I’m taking control! *evil laugh* The power! No doubt...
27 views0 comments
Katherine
Apr 18, 20214 min read
S2, E5: The Trials and Tribulations of Queen Marking.
So today we first went to where our newly christened Steph and the Nuc reside. We wanted to check if they'd moved up into our top brood...
23 views0 comments
Katherine
Apr 4, 20214 min read
S2, E4: Bee Delivery Day.
Yesterday was an exciting day for us. It was bee delivery day at the new apiary! Greg had ordered a full colony and a nuc of overwintered...
56 views0 comments
Katherine
Mar 29, 20213 min read
S2, E3: First Full Inspection of 2021.
Today, inspired by the glorious weather, we completed our first full inspection of 2021. The temperature of the apiary was 21°C and sunny...
117 views0 comments
Katherine
Feb 27, 20214 min read
S2, E2: Late Winter updates & preparing for Spring! (Lots of pictures; It's a big one!)
Welcome back to our second season of beekeeping. It feels like ages since we last wrote but Spring feels like it's well on its way and...
50 views0 comments
Katherine
Jan 17, 20213 min read
S2, E1: January 2021: Greg got stung on the bum!
Happy New Year my fellow Beeks! This weekend has been the warmest and dryest so far at 7°C so Greg, who has been pestering to go and...
178 views0 comments
Katherine
Oct 18, 20203 min read
23 & 24 Weather Watching and Waiting ... Until next year ...
Since last I wrote Greg has been very busy. Very busy weather watching ... The weather has been rubbish - rainy and cold - and the...
42 views0 comments
Katherine
Oct 3, 20203 min read
21 & 22: Tucking them in for winter.
Hi there, from a very autumnal and rainy cosy day. I thought I'd take this opportunity to update you again on the bees and the apiary. As...
37 views0 comments
Katherine
Sep 20, 20204 min read
19 & 20. RIP Nuc: A fourtnightly update.
So, having worked a 60 hour week last week, I hope you can understand why we skipped a post. We did inspect the bees but I just didn't...
42 views0 comments
Katherine
Sep 6, 20203 min read
18. Feeding, Drones, Dysentry, Clumping & Varroa - a lot to say from a short inspection.
Today we popped by the bees to do an inspection but it had to be cut short quite quickly due to the weather and Kat's impending workload...
48 views0 comments
Katherine
Sep 1, 20203 min read
17. Bank Holiday Update
Hello everyone, sorry that this week's post is a bit late. What with the busy bank holiday seeing friends and arriving back from Devon...
42 views0 comments
Katherine
Aug 21, 20204 min read
16. Trouble at t'mill? The elusive FeeBee.
In today's inspection, the name of the game was to find and mark as many of our three queens as we could and also treat all the colonies...
31 views0 comments
Katherine
Aug 14, 20203 min read
15. Fully Re-Queened!
Yesterday we brought our inspection forward a day so that my mum, who was up visiting, could come and see the little buzzers. She was...
37 views0 comments
Katherine
Aug 7, 20203 min read
14. Introducing Queen Kate! Our first home-reared queen!
Today's inspection was a mixture of highs and lows as we are finding is the norm with our beekeeping journey. Earlier in the week Greg...
4 views0 comments
Katherine
Jul 31, 20202 min read
13. Update on saving the Nuc
Our weekly inspection began as usual. We were wanting to check the nuc for queen cells in our final attempt to re-queen her. We wanted to...
21 views0 comments
Katherine
Jul 24, 20203 min read
12. An Eggcellent Inspection!
Today we arrived and inspected the nuc first. This put a downer on the inspection as we knew there was nothing really to find and that we...
43 views0 comments
Katherine
Jul 19, 20203 min read
11. Update on our emerged Queen
So I managed to keep Greg away from the apiary for a whole week! (Medal required.) Unfortunately, he found evidence to say that we should...
33 views0 comments
Katherine
Jul 14, 20203 min read
10. Adam visits the apiary & the Queen emerges!
This weekend lockdown eased enough for my brother to visit the apiary. As I mentioned in our first blog post about how we became...
52 views2 comments
Katherine
Jul 8, 20203 min read
9. Midweek Update
Today, as promised, Greg and I visited the apiary to check on our queenless situation. We inspected the nuc first and were essentially...
47 views0 comments
Katherine
Jul 6, 20204 min read
8. Dealing with Queenlessness and GREG GOT STUNG!
So since our first inspection, the weather has been AWFUL, really windy and rainy, so we weren't able to go in and rectify our queenless...
28 views0 comments
Katherine
Jul 1, 20202 min read
7. Our first Inspection
Since I last wrote I've rallied over the embarrassment and disappointment of my first sting and we made our way down to our apiary today...
42 views0 comments
Katherine
Jun 27, 20203 min read
6. The beezes are coming! The beezes are coming! DELIVERY DAY!
So today we'd planned a quiet day prepping for the bees to arrive tomorrow, only to get a phone call about midday asking if we were happy...
44 views0 comments
bottom of page