It's All Greek To Me

Hives spotted in Agios Panteleimonas

How much does a jar of honey cost?

In Kerkira Airport, duty-free, €3.80/120g, or €31.67 per kg - nice work if you can get it.

It's All Greek To Me (How much does a jar of honey cost?)

...and here is the beekeeper, selling honey at €8 for 0.5 kg. The honey tasted heavily of pine, or possibly thyme

It's All Greek To Me

A few shots from a local beekeeper's apiary in Corfu. It was about 35C in the shade.

How much does a jar of honey cost?

Selling at €10.00 for 500g in down-town Kerkyra, Greece

A swarm in July ain't worth a fly

Spa Hill Allotments

Beekeeping in Corfu

Corfu

Enormous swarm of bees causes 'panic' in Limerick

Why is 'panic' in inverted commas? Anyway, here's the enormous swarm: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/crazy-swarm-of-bees-in-limerick-captured-on-camera-1.3952725

I like this bit from the article: "It is understood two local beekeepers arrived soon afterwards to retrieve the bees which are becoming an endangered species across Europe."

Really?

I don't normally wear my hair this long. Pic from https://www.aier.org/article/anatomy-moral-panic

London Wildlife Trust: methinks it looks like a badger

Idling through the back passages of the internet, I came across https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/wildlife/species-explorer/animal/invertebrates/bees-and-wasps

The Bee Wolf (Philanthus triangulum) apparently hunts honey bees

Where's Wally this summer?

Here: http://www.mrhoney.eu/content/aboutusEN

How much does a jar of honey cost?

A tidy £14.99 for 500g, or £13.61 per lb in old money.

https://theorienthoney.co.uk/shop/

Swarm Silly Season is back again

Killer bees

I think this article has been recycled more than Thames water: Those honeybees you’re so worried about? They’re killing off wild bee species

https://grist.org/article/those-honeybees-youre-so-worried-about-theyre-killing-off-wild-bee-species/

https://www.salon.com/2019/07/07/those-honeybees-youre-so-worried-about-theyre-killing-off-wild-bee-species_partner/

Swarmery

There are so many videos Out There it's a shame to pick just one juicy morsel...

Death in Paradise

Now I'm a huge fan of the US in general ... but something seems amiss:

https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/41532/20190621/us-beekeepers-lost-over-40-of-colonies-last-year-highest-winter-losses-ever-recorded.htm

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/08/us/honey-bee-colony-loss-trnd/index.html

Asian hornet

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-identified-in-south-hampshire