Bees At RHS Rosemoor pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bees-at-rhs-rosemoor/ No longer a working farm. Our home in North Devon Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:41:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://chilcotts.farm/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Chilcotts-farm-site-icon-32x32.png Bees At RHS Rosemoor pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bees-at-rhs-rosemoor/ 32 32 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 Marking the Queen Bee https://chilcotts.farm/marking-the-queen-bee/ https://chilcotts.farm/marking-the-queen-bee/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:44:18 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3242 As the season draws to a close, it gives me a chance to undertake some final checks on the colony and perform some house keeping. Today was a chance to mark some of this year’s queens. The queen bee is larger than the workers, but is often difficult to find amongst all her daughters. Being […]

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