Author Archives: Emily Scott

About Emily Scott

I am a UK beekeeper who has recently moved from London to windswept, wet Cornwall. I first started keeping bees in the Ealing Beekeepers Association’s local apiary in 2008, when I created this blog as a record for myself of my various beekeeping related disasters and - hopefully! - future successes.

An apiary visit, bait hive set up, garden developments and bee rescuing adventures

Posted on May 10, 2018

Sunday was an absolutely glorious summer’s day in Cornwall, one of the first we’ve had this year. What do you do when it’s beautiful out and you’re a short distance from some of the finest beaches in the country? It’s … Continue reading →

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Rotten: Lawyers, Guns and Honey

Posted on April 24, 2018

I was alerted to this new documentary on Netflix all the way back in January by Ron Miksha, who writes the fantastic Bad Beekeeping Blog, here’s his post on it – Rotten: Lawyers, Guns  & Honey. Well, I finally got … Continue reading →

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Growing wildflowers – notes from a talk by Elly Phillips, MeadowSweet Consultancy

Posted on March 23, 2018

A couple of weeks ago I had a rare mid-week evening trip out. Colours Cafe, a local Truro cafe which holds regular events inspired by nature, wellbeing and good food, was hosting a talk on growing wildflower meadows by a … Continue reading →

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Get ready to find Asian hornets in your apiary – notes from a talk by Martyn Hocking

Posted on March 15, 2018

This weekend I went to the Cornwall Beekeepers Association (CBKA)’s AGM. There were some probing questions asked… but luckily there was also plentiful tea and cake to sweeten the proceedings. The CBKA’s setup is more fragmented than Ealing as it … Continue reading →

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Black bees in the mizzle at Godolphin

Posted on February 21, 2018

The Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA) organised a big conference on at the Eden Project in Cornwall last weekend – Sustainable Beekeeping: A future without imports. It was all about the benefits of keeping our native/near native honey … Continue reading →

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Honey on the BBC’s Food: Truth or Scare show

Posted on February 8, 2018

Thanks to Mark Patterson from the London Beekeepers Association for posting about this – bee expert Professor Dave Goulson featured in a segment about pesticides in honey on the BBC show Food: Truth or Scare last Wednesday (available to UK … Continue reading →

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Fame in Cornwall Today

Posted on February 5, 2018

Over the years my blog has led to many unexpected opportunities and serendipitous meetings. This has happened yet again since moving to Cornwall – the editor of Cornwall Today came across my blog and now I feature in this month’s issue. … Continue reading →

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