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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.

John Chapple’s talk

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Emily Scott

Today one of our local super-duper experienced beekeepers, John Chapple, gave a group of us Ealing beekeepers a talk on varroa control and general hive management techniques throughout the year. John has a big beard, several hives around London and is … Continue reading →

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26th June 2010

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Emily Scott

Yesterday I combined our two hives back into one. For this trick, I used some special equipment: two sheets of newspaper. The two hives had previously been one before back in May, but were split because queen cells were found. … Continue reading →

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5th June 2010

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Emily Scott

Went beekeeping today. The bee inspector came to the apiary three weeks ago; she split our hive into two as it had queen cells. Last week I frantically made frames to fill up the hives, not my favourite task as … Continue reading →

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