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When it comes to the food we consume, the adage “you are what you eat” holds a significant truth. The quality and origin of our food can impact our health, our local community, and the environment. One such food that humans have enjoyed for thousands of years is honey. This sweet, golden liquid produced by

Do You Like Honey Danny? Raw local honey is rumoured to be great at fighting allergies and one of the biggest benefits is that is unprocessed and pure. The honey you find in the shops is normally filtered and often bulked out with sugars and syrups. The purer the honey the better the health benefits

I have been keeping honey bees now for just over three years, and out of all of my hobbies, it is the one hobby that really does give you great satisfaction and enjoyment. However, I often get asked why did I start keeping bees? For me it was because we have a large garden area

I walked up to the garden today to take a look at my ladies and see how they have coped over winter. It was about 11 degrees out today, and so it is quite warm for a January, and so I was expecting to see a few bees flying about. However, I was amazed to see

If I were telling this story down the pub, then you probably would not believe me, but this is 100% true. A few days after collecting my second ever swarm my friends call me again and they say that there is another swarm of bees in their garden. I decided to walk around and take

About three days after collecting my first ever swarm the phone ran again and it was our friend’s whos garden I was in when the previous swarm came. They told me they had a few bees hanging off a tree in there garden and could I go and get them? Absolutely!! About 10 minutes later,

Myself Jane and Maddy were round a friends house on a quiet Saturday morning for tea and chatter, and as we were leaving a few hours later we walked down their driveway, and the sky was full of bees. My eyes lit up, and I was blown away by what I saw. Jane, however, was