The 13 Bees Blog

We are all aware that our climate is changing, and you only have to think about weather patterns over the past few years to understand the uncertainty this causes. Whatever you do, whether it’s working with crops or livestock, renovating a house, or planting your garden/veggie patch, you need to know what to expect from the weather. Current scientific thinking states that more ‘extreme weather events’ are likely to occur in the near future, along with dramatic rises in air and sea temperatures. All of this will have, and is already having, an effect on life on earth, and as everything is interconnected, the challenges are complex. What does all this mean for beekeepers? More and more we have to take notice of how things are changing and try to help our bees cope. Heatwaves are no fun for us and even less so for our bees. They work hard all year round to keep their environment inside the hive at a constant temperature, and while we worry about them keeping warm enoug