Tag: outer hebrides
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The Wait The decision to move to the Isle of Lewis and become a crofter had been made (read Part 1 here if you haven’t already) but the process of […]
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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 […]
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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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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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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 […]