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  • When September Ends

    Summer has Passed Summer has passed, and a year has gone so fast! It is almost one year since I received the keys to Croft 5, and it’s hard to believe that it was 18 months ago when I left the mainland for the Isle of Lewis! Since…

  • Beekeeping Update: August 2026

    It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over Whilst the beekeeping season is over for most of the UK, Scotland and the Isle of Lewis have a later start and so a later finish, extended further by the late blooms of heather. The droughts and heatwaves that are making the…

  • Summer of ’26

    It’s Showtime! It has been a sociable few weeks with the Carloway and Lochs Agricultural Shows, campsite guests, a village get together, a bridge opening, another SAF course, a music festival and a University visit to the apiary here at Croft 5. Camp 5 The croft welcomed its…

  • Beekeeping Update: July 2026

    Bees in Transit If you read the previous beekeeping blog you’ll know that June was especially difficult, and despite the welcomed warmer and drier weather, July had an equally deadly sting in its’ tail. I had ordered a nuc last year, for this season, and so booked a…

  • Fencing. Flowers. Ferries.

    Fencing. June started with a power cut (affecting most of the Western Isles this time) and so I thought it would be a useful time to sit down with a wee dram, put on some Fleetwood Mac, and write this months croft update. That was a month ago.…

  • Beekeeping Update: June 2026

    Robbing B’ees It has been a difficult time for the bees and the beekeeper here on the Isle of Lewis. The average temperature for the last 30 days has been around 11-12°C and it has felt generally cool. It’s hard to think that tomorrow is the longest day…