bbka pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bbka/ No longer a working farm. Our home in North Devon Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:38:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://chilcotts.farm/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Chilcotts-farm-site-icon-32x32.png bbka pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bbka/ 32 32 National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS) https://chilcotts.farm/national-honey-monitoring-scheme-nhms/ https://chilcotts.farm/national-honey-monitoring-scheme-nhms/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:57:19 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6354 I have needed to send this off for a while. The honey I took from the hives back in July ( the spring honey) is going to be sent off to have a DNA analysis undertaken. The objective of the analysis is too assess long term impacts on UK floral resources in the changing environment. […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/national-honey-monitoring-scheme-nhms/feed/ 0 Bees are out collecting the summer honey https://chilcotts.farm/bees-are-out-collecting-the-summer-honey/ https://chilcotts.farm/bees-are-out-collecting-the-summer-honey/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2020 21:40:53 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6331 The weather has not been bad or good, but the bees are out at every opportunity. The summer flowers are blossoming, and we are hoping for a good honey harvest come August!

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/bees-are-out-collecting-the-summer-honey/feed/ 0 The Best April Ever for Bees? https://chilcotts.farm/the-best-april-ever-for-bees/ https://chilcotts.farm/the-best-april-ever-for-bees/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:09:13 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6174 I’ve been keeping bees for 10 years, and I don’t remember an April like it. The warm dry weather here in Devon, has definitely benefited the bees. They have been out and about every day. The blossom is flourishing and producing the good stuff …. nectar and pollen. In the garden, the old apple trees, […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/the-best-april-ever-for-bees/feed/ 0 Wild comb https://chilcotts.farm/wild-comb/ https://chilcotts.farm/wild-comb/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:52:30 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6150 Last year I housed a honey bee swarm I collected from the local area. On returning, I put the swarm into a new hive with about half the intended frames I had to hand. I needed to assemble more and intended to put the remaining frames in the following day. However, I didn’t get the […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/wild-comb/feed/ 0 Happbee Easter! https://chilcotts.farm/happbee-easter/ https://chilcotts.farm/happbee-easter/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2020 10:46:35 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6104 Happbee Easter!!!!! The bees are doing fab lately. The fine weather has meant they can get out and gather nectar and pollen. The colonies have built up really well and already very large and storing lots of honey. Fingers crossed, it is going to be a good year for the bees! We currently have some […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/happbee-easter/feed/ 0 Preparing for Season https://chilcotts.farm/preparing-for-season/ https://chilcotts.farm/preparing-for-season/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:41:28 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6069 Spring is gathering momentum, and the spring blossom is beginning to erupt with flower buds bulging and about to explode. The bees are out and about on warm days looking for blossom and sources of water. I am frantically trying to get prepared. This new hive is ready to hopefully house another colony of bees […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/preparing-for-season/feed/ 0 Bees are Springing into Action https://chilcotts.farm/bees-are-springing-into-action/ https://chilcotts.farm/bees-are-springing-into-action/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2020 09:16:06 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6032 We have had so much rain in the UK, but North Devon, although wet, seems to have got off lighter than some parts of the country! In the dryer, warmer spells, the bees have managed to get out and collect pollen. They are returning to the hive with their pollen baskets loaded up with mainly […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/bees-are-springing-into-action/feed/ 0 Bee Clean https://chilcotts.farm/bee-clean/ https://chilcotts.farm/bee-clean/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:12:31 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=4743 I look out on the beehives every day, but make an effort at least once a week to do a quick walk around and check there are no issues. Most of the time, they seem quiet with nothing happening. They might as well be empty boxes. However, today one of the hives had this big […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/bee-clean/feed/ 0 Ivy Flowers, good for the Bees https://chilcotts.farm/ivy-flowers-good-for-the-bees/ https://chilcotts.farm/ivy-flowers-good-for-the-bees/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:29:01 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3419 Even though October is drawing to a close, on warm days the bees are VERY busy. If you look closely at the ivy, you can see it covered in insects busy at work on the ivy flowers. Not only honey bees, but wasps, flies and bumble bees. All going about their work gathering or consuming […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/ivy-flowers-good-for-the-bees/feed/ 0 Busy Bee https://chilcotts.farm/busy-bee/ https://chilcotts.farm/busy-bee/#respond Sat, 21 Sep 2019 09:58:39 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3374 We are having some warm weather at the moment. The sunny warm days are great for the bees allowing them to get out and about to build up their winter stores. Caught this lady foraging on a flowering ‘Iceberg’ (Sedumspectabile ) plant.

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