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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.

Happy November bees

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Emily Scott

Feeling quite satisfied with yesterday’s beekeeping. The following tasks were accomplished: Drinking tea Eating sponge cake with strawberry jam my friend Annie sent from California Purchasing a mouseguard (75p) and putting it on Sawing down our entrance reducer, which was … Continue reading →

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Carol Ann Duffy’s The Bees

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Emily Scott

On Monday night I went to see our current Poet Laureate, the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy, read from her latest collection, ‘The Bees‘. While I was taking my English Literature GCSE, A-level and degree, I read quite a few … Continue reading →

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Autumn at the apiary

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Emily Scott

After a couple of months of yo-yoing odd weather, when summer seemed to be here once again, it’s nearly November and Autumn seems to be properly here now. Crisp, cold days and falling leaves are upon us. Everyone was at … Continue reading →

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Buzz…Paintings and Drawings by Valerie Littlewood

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Emily Scott

I just wanted to say a few words recommending the work of Valerie Littlewood, a native bees artist who I discovered at the recent London Honey Show. Her blog can be found at http://www.pencilandleaf.blogspot.com. It has plenty of information about … Continue reading →

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Winter bees advice from Andy Pedley

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Emily Scott

This month’s Ealing Beekeepers newsletter from Andy Pedley contained some helpful wintering advice which I hope he won’t mind me putting up here, mostly so I can find it again next year: It’s the end of the season … hopefully … Continue reading →

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London Honey Show 2011: part 2

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Emily Scott

A continuation of my previous post on the first ever London Honey Show. I’m going to kick this one off with a few photos: That pretty white hive is a WBC, named after its British inventor, William Broughton Carr. Not the … Continue reading →

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London Honey Show 2011

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Emily Scott

Yesterday I went to the first ever London Honey Show at the Lancaster London hotel (see www.londonbees.com for the hotel’s bee blog), a celebration of London honey which included a tasting competition, free talks and plenty of honey/bee related stalls to … Continue reading →

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Heatwave

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Emily Scott

England is basking in record breaking temperatures for October – Gravesend in Kent set the record at 29.9C. Usually October is winter coat time. You might be getting the gloves and scarf back out of your drawers. Instead everyone is … Continue reading →

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Latest bee naughtiness

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Emily Scott

Only a small crowd of about eight people gathered at the apiary on Saturday. Low numbers compared with the thirty-forty we’ve been getting during the height of summer. The newbies generally tend to drop off as the weather gets colder, … Continue reading →

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BBKA Honey bee behaviour exam feedback

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Emily Scott

Out of curiosity I paid a small fee earlier in the year to get feedback on the BBKA Module 6: Honeybee Behaviour exam I sat in March. This week the feedback has arrived; not once but twice! Yep, the BBKA … Continue reading →

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