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All Of The Happenings At Croft 5
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Beekeeping: Cedar vs Poly Hives
Winter is Coming Ok, a bit dramatic as it is still only August. However the longest day has passed, the days are getting shorter, and someone forgot to tell summer […]
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Bee Farming: Livestock for the Modern Croft
What Can Bees Teach a New Entrant About Land and Livestock Management? When most people think about livestock, sheep, cattle, or hens usually come to mind. But there’s another livestock […]
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Beekeeping Update: July 2025
To Super, or not to Super, that is July… As we entered July the rainfall was still fallin’, the breeze still breezin’ and the temperature still, erm, cool. So much […]
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The Road to Croft 5 (pt.1)
The windswept shores of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides may seem like a distant land to those comfortable with living on the mainland, but for me this […]
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Beekeeping Update: June 2025
As the Bee Flies Whilst I am bound in an endless loop of waiting encircled by nothing-happening-ness, drawn by the hands of the crofting commission and the islands solicitors, I […]
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Buckfast Bees in the Hebrides
Why We Chose Buckfast Bees When discussing beekeeping on the Isle of Lewis people spoke about a “Native Black Bee” or used the term “Hebridean Black Bee”. However there are […]