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A year in the bee garden –October

A year in the bee garden –October

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A year in the bee garden –October

Summer came back in October – the word had reached her of the ‘backwinter’. The bees made the most of the ‘backsummer’. The hive entrance was too busy to put on mouseguards as foragers flew home with baskets of yellow pollen.

However, a quick inspection showed that the nectar was out of stock. I filled the syrup feeders, and filled them five times again in October, and the bees drank up every last drop.

A year in the bee garden –October

Since then I have been unable to visit the apiary and my husband John, my mum Ronnie, and Ealing beekeeper Thomas have put on mouseguards and …

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A year in the bee garden –January

A year in the bee garden –January

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A year in the bee garden –January

In January, the squirrels hop across the lawn digging up their buried treasure. It’s a good idea to keep the squirrel house full of monkey nuts unless you want spring bulbs unearthed and bird feeders raided. The magpies like the nuts too, and squabble with the squirrels.

Shoots of snowdrops and crocuses begin to poke above the ground. It has been so cold this winter that few brave bumblebees have been seen.

There is not much to do in the garden while the ground is hard, and little point in tidying up fallen leaves where insects and other creatures may …

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Lawyer Offers Rep. Jim Jordan A Scathing Private Lesson In Rumour

Lawyer Offers Rep. Jim Jordan A Scathing Private Lesson In Rumour

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An legal professional on Twitter clapped again at an account intently linked to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that steered Tuesday’s shattering testimony earlier than the Home choose committee investigating the US Capitol riot was “all rumour.”

The Home Judiciary Committee Republicans’ account ― which names Jordan as its rating member in its Twitter bio ― labeled the astonishing testimony from former White Home aide Cassidy Hutchinson as rumour.

“It is actually all rumour proof. What a joke,” the publish on the GOP account stated of Hutchinson’s testimony about Donald Trump’s final days as president.

Hutchinson, an aide to former White

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Bees in January | Adventuresinbeeland’s Blog

Bees in January | Adventuresinbeeland’s Blog

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And so we’re in 2022… another year for us… but the first and only winter for my bees. Huddled in their nest, resting their wings, winter bees tend to live longer than summer bees. But still their life-span is measured in months, not years.

On any dry day this winter, my colony has continued to be active, flying and finding yellow and orange pollens. In the photo below (taken a week or so ago) I’ve found one returning with bright orange pollen. I’m not seeing much in flower, so am not sure what this might be. Possibly willow or mahonia?

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