2013

The year had a very bad start as the winter carried on through most of March and many colonies struggled to hang on long enough for the warm weather to arrive.

Once spring did get underway it was about a month late. However the bees did make both a spring and summer crop of honey.

August was hot and dry and the bees needed feeding if they were new nucs or colonies that had provided a honey crop.

EFB is still around in some of my apiaries and I had to destroy bees in both Ringland and in South Walsham. The apiary in Old Costessy had one case. I am about to move out of that site for good.

The autumn has been mostly good with warm weather giving a late crop of ivy honey.