Perth Farmers Market this Saturday - see you there!!
Bee Keeping - August
Around the first day of August the Ling heather buds burst open, flooding the mountains with a vivid purple. This is the main chance of the year for the bees to produce substantial weights of honey.
For a period the bees may be left to their own devices, and a perhaps a prayer may go up for favourable weather. Horizontal sleet is not unknown in the hills in August!
1300 Hives - 52 Million Honey Bees
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Open Day at the farm organised for Friday 1st June. All welcome 3-5pm. Tours, talks, fun & food!
Next, if the days are warm enough, beekeepers open each hive in turn and locate the queen by searching each frame individually.
Winter quarters for beehives are not always adjacent to the flowering crops. It is time to move a thousand hives nearer to nectar sources
