Swarm Season pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/swarm-season/ No longer a working farm. Our home in North Devon Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:03:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://chilcotts.farm/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Chilcotts-farm-site-icon-32x32.png Swarm Season pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/swarm-season/ 32 32 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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