Our second new colony - named Rose

This is our second AABH called Rose. Named by Carole at the launch af Lime Tree back in June. The swarm is doing well and collecting pollen and nectar from the surrounding lime trees, and now buddlehia bushes.

Two New Colonies

The first colony under AABH was named by Jack Denton - one of our first children who signed up. Jack has since been invited along and extracted the honey making a lovely mess!

Jack named the hive "honeysuckle" as it was his favourite flower. He couldn't have come up with a longer name if he had tried! But the Fifth Trust got to work on a name plaque which is now proudly in place.

The bees have settled in and we will check them again at then end of July.

They are busy working on the Lime Tree Blossom behind the orchard, as well as the fields of blue flax seed. The countryside has been a truly wonderful sight this summer.

Bee Swarms

These are pictures of a wild swarm of bees that took up home in an spare bee hive! We successfully let them naturally work their way up onto frames and foundation. The pictures show how beautiful natural homecomb is - a work of art.