honey bees pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/honey-bees/ 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 honey bees pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/honey-bees/ 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 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 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 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 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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