Katkoot’s Personal Notes on bees and everything else bees. These are my personal opinions and thoughts, reflected through my own understanding and experience so far.
As a beekeeper based in the UK, I have not been as active in the Cypriot scene, as I would have hoped or should have been. My knowledge and experiences have all come solely from my grandfather and his love for bees, but the boundaries of that school had always stopped there; until this year. …
I have been watching the pear tree at the back of our garden for a couple of weeks now. I have been waiting for that moment when the bare branches get a light green hue on their tips. Then I watched slowly as the green showed signs of white; white, little flowers. Until the wait …
As this is International Women's Week, I thought to dedicate a small article in celebrating the female guardians of bees. Especially important this month is March the 8th, International Women’s Day. In honor of this day, I would like to celebrate all women beekeepers and affiliates who are playing such an important part in saving …
You must be wondering where I have been all this time, what I have been up to instead of right here, sharing my news with you. There has not been much buzz over this side of the screen other than, this: Cambrian Rally 2019 I have been travelling a little further than 3 miles from …
Two weeks ago, I received an email with an exciting invitation from another beekeeper. Mike, had been called out to a golf course to collect what the owners suspected was an Asian Hornet hive. The invitation was for me to join him in the dissection of the hive itself, so naturally I said yes! Ok, …
It seems like January is flying by, as though everything and everyone is running away from the end of 2018. Was it that bad? It's either that, or we are all chasing after the resolutions we (hastily?) made at the beginning of 2019. Perhaps a little bit of both, with a sprinkle of peer pressure. …
Happy New Year to all! I hope you have had a great holiday break with lots of love, food and of course presents! Not surprisingly, several of my presents were heavily bee-related which in turn instantly triggered my inner bee-chatter to be released upon those around me. (Sorry! not sorry...) The biggest gift of all …
