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StewartBees
The Home of all things Honey in Bedfordshire |
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Bedfordshire at its Best! |
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know. This web site has been designed with not only the products we sell in mind but to try and shed a little light on some of the secrets of this truly marvelous insect.
How with only one leader ‘The queen’, 60,000 bees can live in a harmonious and extremely productive manner?
How we can help bees by planting pollen rich flowers and trees especially those that flower very early in the spring.
How hard they work and that working themselves to death is an everyday fact, in the life and death of apis mellifera mellifera (the European dark honey bee)
One of the facts a beekeeper quickly realises is that he/she doesn’t own the bees, rather more that the bees will decide to enter into a partnership, on their terms!
We do a lot more than just sell honey, click on ‘contact us’ to find out more.
I hope you enjoy the journey! Want to see some amazing bee pictures! Then click here!
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he world of beekeeping is fascinating, the more you learn the less you realise you actually |
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If you are interested in getting to know more about bees and beekeeping drop us an e mail, if there is enough local interest then we might be able to put on an evenings introduction to beekeeping sometime during the dark winter months.
Other than that the British Beekeepers Assn has all the advice one could need.
Or, look up your local association.
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What are the bees doing now? The season is over.. Unless you take the long trek to the heather. Nectar is scarce. Late flowering plants can be of immense help. Preparation for winter is paramount, disease management critical, then feed, feed, feed. If all goes well then the jobs will be complete by end of September and apart from securing down the hives a watching brief is the order of the day. Apart from planning for next year, getting the frames ready……...
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