Preparing your Bees for Winter - a practical demonstration

Lesley Jacques is a Master Beekeeper, who holds a National Diploma in Beekeeping (NDB). In this practical demonstration she outlines some of the key principles necessary to successfully overwinter a colony of Bees. She also demonstrates how to carry out a pre-winter disease check to assess a colony's health. Lesley writes a regular monthly feature in BeeCraft magazine and she is the author of: WHERE DO THE BEES GO? An exploration of key UK forage species for pollinators by Lesley Jacques, NDB £20.00 Published by Northern Bee Books (1st ed. 2025) https://www.northernbeebooks.co.uk/products/where-do-the-bees-go-jacques Winner of a Gold medal at Apimondia 2025 Congress Filmed on 8th August 2025 in the Upper Calder Valley Filmed and edited by Richard Searle