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Because of the postal strikes , I will be taking orders but only dispatching in Feb 2023. This will still allow plenty of time before spring to set up. If your order is for a present , Can I recommend you give a book as a token present until the hive ARRIVES.

new product

Honey harvesting tools

So two new products for 2023, the picture seems to have come out a bit wonky and squished, but you can get the idea.  These two tools complement the long knife . How it works is like this :

The long knife can cut the honey box away from the hive. (not shown but you can see it in my shop)

the offset knife can cut around the sides of the hive or honey box.

then the end knife can fit between the comb and cut the comb off so it can be removed.


I will put up a few videos of how they work then Ill put some up on my web site.

exiting things in the media

Rob's Advent Calendar

Breakfast radio interview

Breakfast radio interview

Robs website

Rob's amazing Advent Calendar is all about bees and honey today, and a diferent topic every day, it ti very cool. click here to see his website and if you subscribe you get the calendar every year

Breakfast radio interview

Breakfast radio interview

Breakfast radio interview

RISE BNT with Sonia Poulton

Sonia Poulton from Rise BNT breakfast radio asked me to spend 15 minuets to chat about ECO BEEHIVES and bees and stuff. It was fantastic thanx Sonia

Grow Your Own Podcast

Breakfast radio interview

Grow Your Own Podcast

Dirt podcast , gardening for green and brown thumbed (like me) gardeners

Grow your own Podcast THE DIRT asked me to talk about the plight of honey bees and how we can all help , have a listen , they are great, 

Fantastic honey season in 2022

Customers honey

Customers honey

Customers honey

With the very long dry summer bees have not been able to swarm.. so we as Gardeners Beehive Beekeepers have had a fantastic summer.

Happy customer

Customers honey

Customers honey

Unlike any conventional beekeeping. 

Here is a Big Honey box that is just about full, 

removed by me for a customer.


5.5kg

Customers honey

6.8kg from a small honeybox

5.5Kg of honey from the BIG HONEY BOX on the left.

6.8kg from a small honeybox

6.8kg from a small honeybox

6.8kg from a small honeybox

Here is 6.8Kg of honey from a 

SUPEER SMALL SUPPER

ECO-BEEHIVE

6.8kg from a small honeybox

SMALL HONEY BOX

Yes it has been a very good season for honey , for all the people wanting swarms, not so good., however it comes and go's and this year it was the turn for everyone wanting honey. This is not everyone's game but for the people who do its been great fun.

SMALL HONEY BOX

6.8kg from a small honeybox

SMALL HONEY BOX

Here is the Small honeybox , and yes it is smaller than the honey box, and had more honey in!

!! AMAZON BOOK !!

THE GARDENERS BEEHIVE BOOK !!

NOW ON AMAZON JUST CLICK HERE

As the year winds down!

I HAVE TAKEN THIS YEAR TO HOLIDAY with the Family.

 As the year winds down,  I will not be stopping, or slowing down. 


Well,,  as the year is coming to the quite months for me and natural beekeeping I am now focusing on two other, very important items.

I will be putting a set of training and lectures together with all the course work as .PD's, as  well as exams with certificates.


But what I am really going to be pushing for is:  to have all HONEY that is sold to be categorised so customers can be better informed and educated as to what they are putting in their  bodies.


Three classifications

* Honey syrup : any honey that contains any synthetic Honey. In other words honey not 100% made by honey bees. (This is most of the honey in your supper market.)

* Farmed Honey :  Any honey that was from bees that where fed. Fed anything inside or outside the hive, pollen or sugar or any derivative or anything that can be considered food.

* Honey: you would think this would be self explanatory , however it still needs an explanation. ( non of the above)

I will then later see if I cannot add another category 

* WILD HONEY : Honey from bees that have had 

1: No Feed

2: No swarm control

3: No chemicals

4: No unnecessary killing of bees. (No skep honey harvesting in the traditional way>)


AND this must be on every description on the container. so they cant have HONEY on the front then under the description have Honey Syrup

 



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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Home of Winston Churchill

Beatrix Potter

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

revisiting the home of Peter Rabbit

Winston Churchill

Christopher Robin family home

Christopher Robin family home

View up the hill at one of a number that where there.

Christopher Robin family home

Christopher Robin family home

Christopher Robin family home

There are no bees at the Christopher Robin family home on open days. But originally there where. Also the BEE TREE mentioned in the books would have existed but no knowledge of it seems to exist in modern knowledge.

Now what seems like Very old News!

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We are thrilled to be the Winners of The Judges Commendation Award Family Business of the Year 2019

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Maggies hive

Check out this great video by Maggie who is a fantastic vidographer !! 


Note on the wasps. the entrance hols on the Gardeners Beehive are a specific size and length. I noticed that bees and wasps cannot fight head on , from looking at and in a wild hive, so I incorporated this in a hive, tested it and it works so now I incorporate it in all my hives. 

Another swarm story from Cornwall

1. First they came

3. the rest then just walked in

2. Then in they where put

how to start beekeeping?

 

Hi Kevin,

I thought you'd be pleased to hear that I now have bees in the hive I bought from you last Autumn. Just by chance I happened to be in my orchard digging ragwort and thistles out and noticed a swarm in one of my trees, what a beautiful site. 

2. Then in they where put

3. the rest then just walked in

2. Then in they where put

where to get honey bees

  I'm assuming that they have swarmed from my original colony in 'The Bee Shed'. So not wanting to leave it to fate and hope they'd find the hive I called a friend in and she scooped them all up and transferred them to the hive. 

3. the rest then just walked in

3. the rest then just walked in

3. the rest then just walked in

 

Such a fascinating thing to watch as they stragglers walked up the ramp into the hive. They have settled in nicely and there is a lot of activity around the hive now 2 days later.  

Kind regards

??? in Cornwall

Where to find us

"Meet My BEES"

2022 summer overview

2022 summer overview

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Meet my bees is on hold until further notice


If you would like to see MY HIVES IN ACTION I do a MEET MY BEES MORNING on the first Saturday of each month from March until November. 

This covers an over view of HONEY BEES , beekeeping and bee hosting. (Stansted in Essex)

If you have any question about where I'll be or what Ill be talking about please feel free to just phone me on: 0127 9814 301

This is free to attend but booking is essential.

2022 summer overview

2022 summer overview

2022 summer overview

  

Over view of 2022


Hay Bee-fans, well I will be only referring to the hives I have had direct contact with.

Well with the long dry hot spell swarms seemed to not have stopped earlier than one would expect this year but the drones seemed to have diapered earlier than normal as well.

So in spring we had quite a few really nice strong swarms emerge from surviving winter with still quite a bit of stock.

The normal occasional loss from mice and colones that succumbed  even with honey in the hive, for whatever reason . but these where , I would say lower that average.

But as a net result we have had exceptional honey harvest from some quarters.

And another thing that has been noticed is the size of existing swarms getting ready for winter seem much larger than normal with still loads of activity.

So all in all quote an exiting year.


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