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The Bee.Watch beekeepers were recently asked to take over 3 colonies after the owner stopped beekeeping. 2 very small and 1 medium, all with queens. The medium sized colony has been treated for varroa and moved into an isolated location within our apiary. As it has been snowing this morning, today's task is to check the 2 small colonies which have been placed in the workshop to aid them through this cold snap. We'll keep you posted on their progress.

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Urban food growing areas have multiple benefits, including those upon pollinators. Newly published research suggests city-level planning strategies for pollinators, including these lovely 'weeds'. Worth reading whilst planning plant schemes
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0769-y #allotments #greenroofs #gardens #nurseries

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Leaf-cutter bees are solitary, gentle pollinators that opt to construct egg chambers out of leaves, which they provision with nectar and pollen. Once these are in place, the female leafcutter places a single egg atop the food she’s gathered and then caps the cell with circular pieces of leaves. She may construct as many as 20 of these pollen-filled bee-ritos before she’s done. This footage shows a young leaf-cutter emerging from it's cozy bee-rito in the UK. There are many species of leaf-cutter bees found around the world including many in North America. In Florida alone there are as many as 63 different species of leaf-cutter bees. Footage by Emily Doorish Find her on Twitter @EDoorish Instagram @EmiliagoXD Find out more about UK bees at www.solitarybeeweek.com

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And after a few mild days it's back to freezing! Too cold to do anything but look at the hives today, so instead we are checking stored frames for wax moth #topsyturvyweather #keepingbeesonthings

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