Bee News

Honey is an essential ingredient in many of our products as it's renown for its skin conditioning, curative and moisturising properties. Much of our honey comes from our very own bees and we are often to be seen donning the full beekeeping regalia to check how our hives are getting on.

Here we share news from our hives and thoughts about the plight of bees in general.


Bees

Why do bees always make hexagons and never squares or triangles ?

So, which to choose? The triangle? The square? Or the hexagon? Which one is best? Here’s where our Roman, Marcus Terentius Varro made his great contribution. His “conjecture” and that’s what it was, “a mathematical guess” proposed that a structure built from hexagons is probably a wee bit more compact than a structure built from

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Memories intact

Our bees have survived the long winter with their memories intact. We hoped they would be okay as we’d insulated the hive and made sure they had plenty of food so death through starvation wouldnt be an issue. This was our first peep at them on sunny Saturday. The foraging bees were out and very

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Winter Feeding

I’ve just been to have a very quick peep at the bees and all is well in the hive.  I have given them some Ambrosia fondant which is a premium bee food suitable for winter feeding.  It’s made up of a mix of natural sugars which closely resemble nectar. I cut a small rectangle from

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