A metaphorical postcard #2
Wild honey, another new queen and a hive full of stubbornness
West Berkshire, August 2024
Once again, confounded by bees.
Though this year I haven’t been stung.
As yet.
The trouble with keeping bees is that there is practically nothing you can do to change their collective minds if they decide upon whatever whim, to rebel against any semblance of authority that might be imposed upon them. Those of you who have followed the journey of the hives here at the farm will know that our best efforts have sometimes been frustrated by nature’s ways.
At the beginning of spring, hive one had turned feral. This you already know.
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