2005 Summary:

Winter 2005: A cold wet start

April 2005: Spring Inspections

May 2005: A swarm from Huntington

June 2005: Agressive hives and Bumblebees

July 2005:

August2005:

September 2005: Honey Harvest

October/November 2005: Honey Show success

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September 2005

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Honey Crop

Paul and Lynn went away on holiday the first couple of weeks of September so John and Dad were left to start feeding the hives of bees from which we'd already taken the honey on 11th.

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Feeding the bees 11th September

Mum. Dad and John also went away for a few days so it was not until 24th September that the remainder of the honey crop at the Monk Avenue Apiary was harvested from the hives. Our bees at Monk Avenue have not yielded much honey for us this year - hopefully the hives at Flaxton will have more.