BHP Queens is now on twitter! Discover more about some of the best queen bees in the UK on our website. Order now for 2021 bhpqueens.co.uk #beekeeping #requeening

Our bees are famous (and very well behaved). Watch the ever enthusiastic Ainsley use a huge quantity of Ged's honey in his cooking. #famousbees #mustbethequeens #cookingwithhoney #buckfastqueens #beekeeping bhpqueens.co.uk bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Foraging in Finland #beekeepersinwinter #bhpqueens #winterchanterelle

While in Finland I thought I'd research beekeeping here and hopefully try some of the local honey too!

Brown bears steeling the honey is one thing we don't often come across in the UK although we did have badgers knocking over our mini-nuc stands a couple of years ago. #bearslovehoney #finnishproblems

Just learnt that the value of the bees’ pollination work in Finland is €60 million (Lehtonen, T. 2012. The Economic Value of Bee Pollination in Crop and Wild Berry Harvests. University of Helsinki).

Hardy bees and well insulated hives are essential for getting through the winter in Finland. I'd be interested to see how our colonies would get on. #finnishbees #bhpqueens

Update about BHP Queens in the latest Bee Farmer magazine with a lovely picture of Riikka and Tim mushroom picking in Finland. bhpqueens.co.uk

With the warmer weather over the last few days you might have been out to check your hives. If you found you need some early season queens for failed colonies get your orders in soon as we are filling up quickly!