Aug 16
Your supers are full of honey, now is the time to reap the rewards of all your (and your bees!) hard work. Harvesting honey is really exciting, but can be a bit difficult if you are not sure what to do or are ill prepared. Watch this great video before you start!
Aug 14
The main product of your bees should be honey, but there are also other great ‘by products’. Probably the most important of these is beeswax. This has many uses, including for cosmetics, furniture polish and soaps but also of course candle making. If you have bees and are wondering what to do with all your beeswax, …
Jul 31
Bees are probably best known for producing honey, but their most important contribution to the world is really through their pollination services. Worker bees work endlessly to perform the activities to keep the hive going. At different stages of their life cycle, worker bees are ‘nurse bees’, caring for the larvae and tending the queen …
Jul 28
Before you start beekeeping, you need to make sure you have all your essential beekeeping equipment ready – a beehive, protective clothing, a smoker, a hive tool, and a feeder. There are other useful tools, but these basics will be enough to get you started.
Jul 27
There are several ways to get your first bees, and one of the most popular is to get a ‘package’ of bees. If you decide to get your bees this way, then this beekeeping video should be a great help!