Here are two webcams pointed at a beehive in Germany.

The first is trained on the landing board. The other is inside the hive and you can see the bees moving over the comb.

Fascinating.

Apparently, honey is not only good for you, but it – and other bee-related products – can help you to live longer. Click HERE for the story.

Inspecting the hives this morning showed one of my colonies was going to swarm which it did bang on 1100.

However, it very helpfully settled on a sycamore tree about 8′ off the ground and I managed to house it temporarily in a box.

Then after a few hours working my plots, I finished a late lunch to see a swarm coming into my garden. They decided an ld nuc (nucleus hive) I had cleaned up would be a perfect spot for them.

These are not my bees, as I don’t have any nearby. But they’re mine, now, if they choose to stay.

After speaking to those attending the AGM of Local charity Training 4 Transition about honey bees, I got a mention in another local group’s blog.

Click HERE to read it.

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Wired.co.ukHoney bees trained to stick out their tongues for science (Wired UK)Wired.co.uk”We work with honey bees because they are an important model system for behavioural biology and neurobiology,” explained Dürr.

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Scientists train honey bees to stick out their tonguesScience Daily (press release)”We work with honey bees because they are an important model system for behavioral biology and neurobiology. They can be trained,” Dr.

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I’ve been so busy in the past six weeks, that I completely forgot to put this up.

I entered the Essex Honey Show this year for the first time this year in several categories. Unfortunately the lids on my ’12 jars labeled for for sale’ entry were a a bit old and scuffed, so didn’t make the cut.

My dark, runny honey also didn’t come up to scratch, because it was in the wrong type of jar. I only had a couple of last year’s taller 1lb jars with the honeycomb detail on the shoulder and as this is not the standard jar, I was disqualified. So, no matter how good it was, I was foiled again.

However, I was amazed when our show secretary gave me these certificates, for novice clear honey and the cut comb – not set categories. I had received VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED in both categories.

Although I entered because I am on my division and county committees, I didn’t think I had a chance against some who have been showing for decades. It just goes to show.

It also made me think of what might have been if my delivery of new jars had been a little earlier – but never mind. It’s nice to know that apart from myself, friends, family and the good people who buy my honey, there are experts who think it’s good stuff, too.

We sell honey that produced locally by our own bees.