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Early in March, I took a walk to Old Hall Copse at Woking Palace to see if the daffodils were in flower. They were indeed flowering and very...

A skep is a type of traditional beehive. This particular skep is being made from straw but other materials were, and still are, used by bee-...

"Can you look at Footpath 99? it's overgrown" the Residents Association's Footpath Officer (that's me) was asked. So, ...

Walking near the churchyard I noticed an ancient yew tree was flowering. When I shook a branch a cloud of pollen was released, and I found ...

A careful observer will notice that honey bees will usually visit just one type of flower when out foraging, this is known as "flower c...

Most people can identify a Badger, though many will never have seen a live one in the wild. But whilst you may not see Mr Brock himself you ...

A newt!! for the first time in 24 years I found a newt in our garden! I'd been clearing some leaves from one of our several little mini...

I am really pleased to tell you that my honey and beeswax won prizes in the National Honey Show at the end of October. For the third year ru...

Karl Von Frisch was the famous Austrian Nobel Prizewinner, who discovered how honeybees communicate by dancing.

A cool, humid day high up in the forest in the Austrian Salzkammergut - perfect weather for Salamanders!  They love temperatures around 15°C...

The honey from some of my honeybee colonies this year is dark, rich, honeydew honey - and this is rather special!

"What a beautiful spider!" those words may be a surprise, but take a look and you'll agree that the Wasp Spider is rather spec...

White light gentle-soft Thistledown blows by the oaks Snow in summer-time Thistledown from Marion Malcher on Vimeo .

Most places have a number of nectar flows, which beekeepers tend to call honey flows, through the year and these vary with location, habitat...

Do you know what a swarm of honey bees arriving looks like? My doorbell rang. "There's a swarm of bees, come and get them!" O...