honeycomb First honey harvest After keeping bees for a little over a year, last weekend we were finally able to take our first proper harvest from one of the hives. Smallholding can definitely be a game of patience sometimes. We’re glad to say that the wait was worth it as the honey, which
bees Swarming bees It's been six months since we did our last full hive inspection so the recent warm weekend gave us a long-awaited chance to see what the colony had been up to over the winter. The bees had ideas of their own though; rather than waiting for us to open up
bees Feeding bees in winter After a week of snow and frost it seems as though we’re back to the combination of mild and wet weather that’s been the backdrop to most of the winter so far. On the upside, with daytime temperatures reaching 12°c last weekend we were able to do
bees Feeding bees A few weeks ago we <a href=” GHOST_URL/beginning-beekeeping/%E2%80%9D%3Eintroduced our new bee hive and mentioned that we’re proactively feeding the bees to help them build up their stores for the winter. Those of you who’ve never kept bees may find the idea
bees Beginning beekeeping Here’s something we didn't think we’d be saying this year… Limes End Cottage now has its own beehive! A couple of months ago we saw Monty Don’s new top bar hive on Gardeners’ World (compulsory Friday night TV for budding smallholders) and wondered whether we should add
