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white clover

Little Piece Apiary check
Our two colonies at Little Piece are doing very nicely in their new home and seem to have settled in OK.  Lots of white clover is out on the hillside and they're near to woodland too and seem to be c...[more]

white clover   promising place   hillside   colonies   
Posted on Friday 12 June 2009 - 23:00:27