Spring honey now available, extracted end of May. £5 for 12oz (340g). Sold direct from the door.
Nearly ready...some of the supers are off the hives, there’s been a good spring nectar flow this year. Now to spin it out, filter and bottle it.
A great few session with Scouts, Rainbows and Brownies over the last couple of weeks. 1 1/2 hr chat and demonstration all about honey bees and beekeeping. I always enjoy these sessions young people are so inquisitive and ask some great questions. Oh and they like tasting honey!
Looks almost certain there will be a spring crop this year from Church Crookham Hives - just need to get those super's off the hives and the honey extracted!
Interesting article from BBC - part of a series on "50 Things That Made the Modern Economy": The Langstroth Hive.
At Read Apiaries, like thousands of beekeepers world wide, we use a type of Langstroth hive. An invention now 160 years old.
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - Langstroth Hive - BBC Sounds
The Langstroth Hive: a wooden box that made the industrialisation of the bee possible