ALAN BAXTER'S BLOGS

Gallery

Photos from my apiaries and Asian hornet work. Click any picture to see it full size.

A queen emerging from her cell
A queen emerging from her cell
Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)
Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)
Asian hornet embryo nest
Asian hornet embryo nest
Asian hornet primary nest
Asian hornet primary nest
Asian hornet secondary nest
Asian hornet secondary nest
European hornets and a speckled wood butterfly on a bait station
European hornets and a speckled wood butterfly on a bait station
Destruction of an Asian hornet nest
Destruction of an Asian hornet nest
Asian hornet foraging on a flower
Asian hornet foraging on a flower
Asian hornet hawking
Asian hornet hawking
Asian hornet on ivy
Asian hornet on ivy
Asian hornets on a bait station
Asian hornets on a bait station
Asian hornet on grapes
Asian hornet on grapes
Hampshire Beekeepers Association
Hampshire Beekeepers Association
Illustration of a honey bee and honeycomb
Bee Improvement & Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA)
Bee Improvement & Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA)

My homes in France and England

After 23 years in the Loire Valley – including the 11th-century Manoir de Mécrin and the Château de la Mulonnière, where we ran our English immersion training centre, and the Presbytère at Beaulieu-sur-Layon, where my beekeeping began – I moved to Laylands House in Hampshire.

Le Cerisier, Cléré-sur-Layon
Le Cerisier, Cléré-sur-Layon
Le Manoir de Mécrin
Le Manoir de Mécrin
Le Manoir de Mécrin – the moat
Le Manoir de Mécrin – the moat
Le Manoir de Mécrin
Le Manoir de Mécrin
Le Château de la Mulonnière
Le Château de la Mulonnière
Le Château de la Mulonnière in spring
Le Château de la Mulonnière in spring
Le Presbytère, Beaulieu-sur-Layon
Le Presbytère, Beaulieu-sur-Layon
Laylands House, Hampshire, England
Laylands House, Hampshire, England