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Cherry Hive

The Cherry hive - A Layens' style, wool-insulated, double-walled, horizontal hive with Einraumbeute frames and Warre-style quilt.

The Manchester Hive - a modified, insulated Layens' hive utilising Einraumbeute frames and featuring a Warre-style quilt and an inspection hatch.

How we built and sited a freedom hive for natural beekeeping and rewilding the honeybee

3 years, 30 countries and 3000 downloads. Find out more about the NW ICU logbook

Spice: street drug, melange, Dune and Nirvana?

An overview of different categories and types of beehives for traditional and natural beekeeping.

Dr Paul Trotman's hard-hitting documentary about the COVID19 pandemic from the people who were at the frontline.

An overview of cleanliness and sterility for hobby mycology, with principles taken from medicine.

The anniversay of the NW ICU Logbook. Lessons learnt, reflections and future challenges.

A brief overview of ICU logbooks