Can you guess what these little mounds in the foreground are? They are remnants of two 19th century #beegardens for skeps in the #NewForest. The ridges around are covered in heather.
Steve Smith of Mr Smith's Honey sent us this unexpected video of wasps robbing on 8 March! We suspect that somehow the workers have survived in their nest over winter despite being in a rural location will above 100m.
The art of bee driving as demonstrated by the late and much-missed David Charles. This short video of him in his Somerset garden came to mind when we had an enquiry from an American bee student about articles we have published.
Can you spot the Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, among the European hornets at this bait station in Kent today? It’s the one with the mark on its thorax.
Bumbles giving a superb demonstration of fanning to cool a nest by disengaging flight muscles.
How to call order among beekeepers. @BeesAbroad luncheon at the Wax Chandlers Hall.
That free-living colony we have been following since last autumn looks to be doing very well. It's in a dead beech tree.
