Bideford Honey Bee Swarm pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bideford-honey-bee-swarm/ No longer a working farm. Our home in North Devon Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:04:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://chilcotts.farm/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Chilcotts-farm-site-icon-32x32.png Bideford Honey Bee Swarm pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bideford-honey-bee-swarm/ 32 32 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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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/marking-the-queen-bee/feed/ 0 The #BidefordHoneyBeeSwarm continues to grow https://chilcotts.farm/the-bidefordhoneybeeswarm-continues-to-grow/ https://chilcotts.farm/the-bidefordhoneybeeswarm-continues-to-grow/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:10:34 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3166 A very quick inspection the other evening, showed that the swarm collected a month ago has a queen that appears to be laying well. Since the swarm was collected, they have been creating comb to store honey and pollen in as well as provide the queen a place to lay eggs for the next generation […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/the-bidefordhoneybeeswarm-continues-to-grow/feed/ 0 The Queen is Laying! https://chilcotts.farm/the-queen-is-laying/ https://chilcotts.farm/the-queen-is-laying/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2019 07:48:27 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3150 The #BidefordHoneyBeeSwarm, collected from Bideford in Devon, has settled into its new hive nicely. With the poor weather, I have continued to feed the bees, which has enabled them to build comb quite rapidly. I inspected the bees last Sunday to discover a whole frame (both sides) full of sealed brood (bee larvae) and a […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/the-queen-is-laying/feed/ 0 Feed Me, Feed Me Now! https://chilcotts.farm/feed-me-feed-me-now/ https://chilcotts.farm/feed-me-feed-me-now/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:58:42 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3119 The third installment of the #BidefordHoneyBeeSwarm. On day three of collecting the swarm from Bideford, the bees have bee put into a new hive, and are now being fed with sugar syrup. At this point I would typically medicate the bees against the Varoa mite, but haven’t had the chance to do this yet. In […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/feed-me-feed-me-now/feed/ 0 Collected Swarm Settled In to the Quarantine Apiary https://chilcotts.farm/collected-swarm-settled-in-to-the-quarantine-apiary/ https://chilcotts.farm/collected-swarm-settled-in-to-the-quarantine-apiary/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2019 06:13:45 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3114 The second part of #BidefordHoneyBeeSwarm. A couple of days ago, I collected a swarm of honey bees from Bideford. The small colony of bees collected from the plum tree have been put into a small hive (Nuc) and placed in the quarantine apiary. Here they will be treated for disease and on day 3 fed […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/collected-swarm-settled-in-to-the-quarantine-apiary/feed/ 0 Two Swarms Collected from Bideford this week. https://chilcotts.farm/two-swarms-collected-from-bideford-this-week/ https://chilcotts.farm/two-swarms-collected-from-bideford-this-week/#respond Sat, 01 Jun 2019 17:43:55 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3107 Today I collected my second swarm this week from the Bideford, North Devon. A large swarm collected yesterday in a plum tree and was still present today, so I nipped along at 12:00 and picked it up. It’s now located in my quarantine apiary, ready to be put in a hive tomorrow. When collecting swarms, […]

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