Apiary Management · September 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Keep your apiary workable after rain by assessing runoff, strengthening access routes, checking hive supports, and planning safe maintenance with the landowner.
Apiary Management · July 16, 2026 · 6 min read
A colony can collect several litres of water on a hot day, and where they get it decides whether you have happy neighbours or an angry phone call. Here is how bees use water and how to give them a better source than the pool next door.
Apiary Management · April 24, 2026 · 7 min read
The old rule says move a hive less than a metre or more than three miles. It is a useful shorthand, but it hides what is really going on — and there are safe ways around it when you need to move a colony across the garden.
Apiary Management · March 21, 2026 · 6 min read
A good apiary layout reduces drifting, keeps inspections quick, and saves your back. A bad one costs you time on every single visit for years.
Apiary Management · February 6, 2026 · 6 min read
Most disease in a small apiary does not arrive from outside. It travels on a hive tool, a pair of gloves, or a box that went straight from a dead-out onto a healthy colony.
Every article here is easier to act on with your own inspection records. Start free with up to three hives.
