Wokingham Beekeepers

The Association exists to promote good beekeeping.

[BBKA @britishbee]

It's Asian Hornet Week - have you downloaded the free app called Asian Hornet Watch? It's vital that we keep an eye out for any Asian Hornets as they are an invasive species that pose a real threat to our pollinating insects #bees #AsianHornetWeek https://t.co/CQegm35rOJ

[BBKA @britishbee]

We have created a resources page for Asian Hornet Week which has the pdf for our new banner and an infographic #bees #asianhornetweek #AsianHornet https://t.co/q2cmeUjDXm

[Defra UK @DefraGovUK]

It's #AsianHornet Week. You can help combat this serious threat to #honeybees and other #pollinators.

Look for their 'yellow socks' and a single orange/yellow band on the abdomen, then report your sighting using
@britishbee Asian Hornet Watch app.

https://t.co/1KIQoju3YY

[BBKA @britishbee]

It's Asian Hornet Week - Jimmy Doherty is a BBKA patron and he has a message for you #bees #beekeeping @jimmysfarm #AsianHornetWeek #Asianhornet https://t.co/9hbJCajTGo

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

Buckets of bees doing sod all.

[Rory Dimond 🌼🪰🌼🐝🌼🦟 @Ecoentogeek]

It's mid #solitarybeeweek so about time I shared the graphic guide to summer solitary bees I've been working on! These are common and distinctive species and genera you can see in the UK from June to August (just a tiny portion of all the species on the wing) @SolitaryBeeWeek

[BBKA @britishbee]

Hornets Nesting 'Almost Anywhere' says Jersey's Asian Hornet coordinator #bees #hornets #jersey https://t.co/M9cbAluGmQ

[The Bee Team @beekeepingkids]

#beekeepershour
Good news this week, with some of our Bee Team back & in-between the rain, we inspected our new splits from this season and all have lovely fat laying queen's! 😊🐝
(though one still getting the hang of one cell, one egg!)

[Black Mountain Honey @BlackMountHoney]

We like brood frames like this. Nice temperament, good producers. These will definitely be on the breeding list for next year!

[Thorne Beehives @ThorneBeehives]

All branch sale days this year will be cancelled. Instead we will be having a two week online sale starting 31st August. Second quality frames will start at £20 per 50. Orders over £100 carriage paid in the UK.

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

We've had a pretty good run in the South the last few Summers...

So I suppose it was only a matter of time before a big Atlantic low sits itself on us mid-summer flow.

[Dave Charnley @charnley_dave]

Mindless idiots smashing beehives, cant say what I would like on social media. There time will come very soon.

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

It's all kicking off.

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

Plenty of bees. Who knows maybe a splash of rain could lead to a second wave of nectar.

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

A change in weather allows an opportunity to snatch some ripe honey.

Just starting to crimp a proportion of colonies as swarming impulse recedes.

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

It's a 1 white eye 1 black eyed drone wandering around one of my colonies!

[Black Mountain Honey @BlackMountHoney]

This was a failed video attempt to show how good the BBWear Ultra Suit and Gauntlet combo is against angry colonies.

It was 5 mins long but the bees were so darn angry they muffled the audio.

Not 1 sting!

@BBwearLimited

[BBKA @britishbee]

In June, there are many new honey bee colonies with young queens needing to mate, so well-fed, healthy male #bees, or drones, like the one on left of shot by Sarah Hodnett, become vital to the continuation of the colony. This one is being fed by another bee. #beekeeping

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

Frantically trying to make up nucleus hives to house made up queen cells.

Conditions excellent; got to make the most of these next few weeks.

Credit: @Joshuawfrazer

[Chris Manton @ElmTreeBees]

I though the clover was done for this season.

But it's making a resurgence!