Bideford pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bideford/ No longer a working farm. Our home in North Devon Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:15:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://chilcotts.farm/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Chilcotts-farm-site-icon-32x32.png Bideford pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/bideford/ 32 32 Local Devon Honey For Sale https://chilcotts.farm/local-devon-honey-for-sale/ https://chilcotts.farm/local-devon-honey-for-sale/#respond Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:14:51 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6548 We have jarred up this year’s batch of Summer 2021 honey. Buy from our website for click and collect or buy from the door. Produced by our bees in Bickington. Harvested using craft skills and traditional methods. Our Honey is unadulterated, filtered and not heat treated. Therefore, retains all its natural properties!

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/local-devon-honey-for-sale/feed/ 0 Spring 2021 Poor Weather Means No Spring Devon Honey https://chilcotts.farm/spring-2021-poor-weather-means-no-spring-devon-honey/ https://chilcotts.farm/spring-2021-poor-weather-means-no-spring-devon-honey/#respond Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:50:41 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6477 Our 2020 Honey sold out rapidly last year. Throughout the seasons we regularly get asked if we have honey for sale and look forward to when we can sell it again. Unfortunately for the bees, the Spring 2021 weather has been poor. As a consequence our bees have been unable to get out and about […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/spring-2021-poor-weather-means-no-spring-devon-honey/feed/ 0 Bickington & Fremington Devon Honey For Sale https://chilcotts.farm/bickington-fremington-devon-honey-for-sale-2/ https://chilcotts.farm/bickington-fremington-devon-honey-for-sale-2/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:33:15 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6363 We have jarred up this year’s Summer 2020 Honey which is now for sale. Collected and produced by our bees. The girls have again done us proud, the runny honey tastes delicious. Although it will probably crystallise over time (as all naturally produced honey does), when it goes solid, we provide instructions on how to […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/bickington-fremington-devon-honey-for-sale-2/feed/ 0 Bickington & Fremington Devon Honey For Sale https://chilcotts.farm/bickington-fremington-devon-honey-for-sale/ https://chilcotts.farm/bickington-fremington-devon-honey-for-sale/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:19:09 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6318 We have jarred up this year’s first batch of honey (Spring 2020), which is now for sale. Collected and produced by our bees. This spring honey is still runny and floral. Although it will probably crystallise over time (as all naturally produced honey does), when it goes solid, we provide instructions on how to make […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/bickington-fremington-devon-honey-for-sale/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 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 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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