{"id":2107,"date":"2023-04-14T11:01:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T11:01:23","slug":"and-then-there-was-one-only-truth-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=2107","title":{"rendered":"And Then There Was One – Only “Truth” Remains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve been a beekeeper for nearly 20 years, and I’ve never experienced such losses as I have this winter. At the end of the 2022 season, I had four healthy hives, but now I have only one – called \u201cTRUTH\u201d. Two of my strongest hives – JUBILEE (which was named in the Jubilee year of 2012 and flourished last year), and GRACE (which had been a very strong hive for the past three years) suddenly died off between February and March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s <\/a>been very disheartening to see my bees struggling to get through the winter and even more discouraging to hear about the losses experienced by other beekeepers. A friend of mine who has kept bees for 20 years and maintains over 100 hives lost half of his hives this winter and had 18 hives vandalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss of so many hives is devastating, not only for the beekeepers but also for the environment. I put it down to a very frosty, cold and wet winter and spring. I suppose it’s climate change in action. Whatever the reasons, it is making me do a radical re-think of how I can maintain and grow my colonies of bees in future years. I have to re-learn to split my remaining hive into two to ensure I have the resilience of two hives – a fundamental principle of small-scale beekeeping. Let’s hope the weather starts to get warmer and dryer in the next few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been a beekeeper for nearly 20 years, and I’ve never experienced such losses as I have this winter. At the end of the 2022 season, I had four healthy hives, but now I have only one – called \u201cTRUTH\u201d. Two of my strongest hives – JUBILEE (which was named in the Jubilee year of … <\/p>\n

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