Pollen colour chart

Added on 27 March 2022

Whilst trying to identify the source of green pollen entering a colony this website proved to be very useful. It had the advantage of selecting what time of the year in which you were interested.

Assembly of bee shed - part 2

Added on 19 March 2022

Images can be found here.

Text from the "Tanging" image.

Added on 18 March 2022

Tanging. Within living memory, “tanging”, or loud banging on metal objects, was thought to make a swarm of bees settle. According to the advice given in Tusser Redivivus, published in 1744, an updated version of Thomas Tusser’s Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, originally publ...