Bees pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bees/ 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 Bees pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bees/ 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/wasp-wars/feed/ 0 What do you do if you spill honey in your car? https://chilcotts.farm/what-do-you-do-if-you-spill-honey-in-your-car/ https://chilcotts.farm/what-do-you-do-if-you-spill-honey-in-your-car/#respond Sun, 16 Aug 2020 17:46:04 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6341 Hmmmmmm slight problem. 5Kg of honey spilled in the boot of the car. Problem ….. how do you clean up the sticky mess? A frightful mess, and a real waste of this precious harvest. This honey was destined to be fermented and become mead. However during transportation, the bucket turned over and ended up all […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/what-do-you-do-if-you-spill-honey-in-your-car/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 Sticky Morning https://chilcotts.farm/sticky-morning/ https://chilcotts.farm/sticky-morning/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:11:24 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6302 This morning has been spent jarring up some of this year’s spring honey. The hives have done really well, building up the colony, but also out and about collecting and abundance of nectar. Now onto labelling and getting out for sale. Roll on the summer honey flow!

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/sticky-morning/feed/ 0 Another May new buds and flowers shall bring https://chilcotts.farm/another-may-new-buds-and-flowers-shall-bring/ https://chilcotts.farm/another-may-new-buds-and-flowers-shall-bring/#respond Sun, 03 May 2020 10:06:39 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6187 “Another May new buds and flowers shall bring: Ah! why has happiness no second Spring?” – Charlotte Turner Smith This spring certainly keeps bringing. The weather continues to be fantastic for the bees. The recent rain has been welcome. This enables the plants to draw up water and increase the nectar flow in the flowers. In turn […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/another-may-new-buds-and-flowers-shall-bring/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 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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