Category: Beekeeping
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A Hive of Activity In my 2026 diary April 19th marks the first day of spring with blue skies, little wind and double digits showing on the thermometer. The bees […]
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Spring hasn’t Sprung In many parts of the UK the bees are already fetching in the nectar from oil seed rape and dandelion; beekeepers are splitting colonies, adding supers, seeing […]
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Spring has Sprung With the spring equinox today and the opening off the daffodils on the 1st March it seemed like a good time to look at the season ahead, […]
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A Barrow Full of Bees Winter is normally a quiet time for the beekeeper. As the year draws to a close here on the Isle of Lewis the days are […]
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Hi Honey! September has been a mixed month. The winds have increased and the sunny days are equally broken by days of rain. It has also been a mixed month […]
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Newbees August started wet and windy as we were hit by a storm (I won’t add to the hysteria by ‘naming’ it), but quickly gave way to some calm, warm […]
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Hebribees Honey: Now on Facebook! I’m excited to share the launch of something new: Hebribees Honey now has its own Facebook page: Hebribees Honey on Facebook 🐝 🍯 It was […]
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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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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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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 […]