What's new?

13^th February 2026

A recent update to Ghost (the software this site runs on) has introduced emails welcoming new subscribers and sponsors. These include some basic housekeeping information, and where to find help if needed.

7^th February 2026

I've moved the subdomain talks.theapiarist.org to the same hosting company (MagicPages) that hosts The Apiarist. This saves me work, but means that any (albeit rare) network outages will make both sites unaccessible.

2026

New posts will no longer appear here. I'd often forget to announce them anyway, and they're all listed on the landing page of the website. In fact, for completeness, I removed them from the listings below …

22^nd December 2025

Buy me a coffee functionality restored after resolving a Stripe-payment-induced block 😠.

28^th October 2025

Does TempQueen work?

What is the opposite of “Does what it says on the tin”? Recent evidence suggests that artificial queen mandibular pheromone does not suppress queen cell formation.

The ApiaristDavid (The Apiarist)

New post for sponsors on artificial queen mandibular pheromone … plus an experimental social media links bar enabling readers to share posts more easily.

23^rd October 2025

Ghost, the software on which this site runs, now sends one-time codes as a new secure way to sign-in, as well as the familiar 'magic link' emails. Readers who use mobile phones might find this a little easier.

23^rd September 2025

Resolved a problem encountered by some readers attempting to subscribe to The Apiarist using iPhones. 35% of readers access the site using iPhones.

11^th August 2025

Some minor changes to the privacy policy to reflect the new analytics integrated into the website software. No tracking, no cookies, and nothing to be concerned about.

10^th August 2025

The content delivery network (bunny.net) is now re-routing all UK readers via Amsterdam or Dublin to avoid the 'signed in but unable to access anything' problems that have occurred intermittently for some users. I apologise for the 10-millisecond additional delay in page loading that this causes 😉.

4^th August 2025

My hosting company (MagicPages) upgraded the site software to Ghost 6. There's all sort of neat things for site owners, but the big public-facing change is the introduction of ActivityPub social media integration. WTF? This means that new posts and comments/discussion about those posts (as well as unrelated comments) can now appear on any ActivityPub-aware social media (like Mastodon, Threads etc.) if you follow @[email protected]. Bluesky users need to follow @social.theapiarist.org.ap.brid.gy as that platform isn't truly ActivityPub aware, but can be tricked into thinking it is.

2^nd August 2025

The What's New page appeared … it seemed like a good idea at the time 😉.