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Buzzing with success
Award winning honey and beeswaxWow! September was a busy month with two big honey shows - the Birmingham Honey Show at Winterbourne Gardens and the Warwickshire County Show. It was a lot of...
Honey, I love you
Honey, I love youOur family are bee lovers and adore honey! And yes that was part of my motivation to become a beekeeper. In my first few years with only a couple of hives, I found it hard to...
World Bee Day
World Bee Day – 20 May. This is a fabulous opportunity to acknowledge the critical role bees play in our lives and for us all to bee engaged!
How do you move a honeybee colony?
How do you move a honeybee colony? Well with great care is the obvious response! Moving boxes each containing 10-15,000 stingy insects is a bit scary but if you plan ahead, and follow a few rules,...
Honey & lemon cup cakes
Award winning honey & lemon cupcakes (third prize in the Warwickshire Beekeepers County Show!) Honey & lemon Cup Cakes Ingredients for cakes:150g (6oz)...
1st National Honey Day
On Friday 21 October we’re celebrating the first ever National Honey Day. The aim is to promote delicious local honey and highlight the increasing problem of fake ‘honey’.
It’s Plastic Free July!
It’s Plastic Free July and a great opportunity for us all to think about what we’re buying and how we can make some permanent changes to reduce the amount of plastic in our day-to-day lives.
Propolis – it’s bee magic
From propolis tincture to bee magic salve You might not have heard about it before, and it really doesn’t look much, but propolis, or bee-glue, is really amazing stuff! Bees collect it from sticky...
Why do bees swarm?
If you see a big, swirling cloud heading out across the rooftops and trees, it could be a swarm of honey bees. They have left the safety and warmth of their hive and are flying off to find a new...
