Anyone know how far hives can be away from field bean for it to be an effective crop? We're only just starting to see it grown in our region (Chinese beef protein/soya prices rocketing so farners growing more of it in this dairy area). Any advice from bean experts appreciated ☺️

That should keep them busy for a couple of weeks 👍🐝☺️☺️ #winterbean #fieldbean #honey

Lovely moon rising over some hives at the farm tonight 🌕🐝

Sharing is caring! Bees going great guns on the field bean ('the bean machine' © Chris Manton 🤣) If we get the promised downpours over the weekend followed by hot and humid weather then it should be dripping 🍯

An increasingly sad reality in British beefarming. More hives hit by #cbpv - out burning and then kicking away the pile of dead bees out front as they're a strong vector according to a knowledgeable bee farmer that I know. #nbu and #defra really need to get a grip on this

You know that feeling you have when you're at an out apiary and remember that you didn't close the tap of the extractor earlier and have nightmares about an industrial-sized clean up job mid season 👀....so you drop tools there ans then and drive 15 miles at speed only to find...

Some lovely honey coming out of the extractor at the moment 👍

CBPV update. 8 cases on two sites and all within very good Buckfast and 'dark mongrel' colonies (it doesn't differentiate). As discussed with another large bee farmer down south earlier, it'll probably become notifiable in short order and certainly worries me more than EFB does.

Bee farming in England

Clearing everything down to just one super having had a very poor Summer nectar flow around these parts (you can tell because last year most colonies had between three and seven supers on them!). One super in case the Gods bestow some fine weather and because we run Buckfast Q's

5th August 🤦‍♂️

I put my grills in the freezer for a couple of days then crack off the propolis from the plastic. Sort through your harvest to remove bits of bee and any other rubbish that might of got stuck in the propolis. Then zap in a coffee bean blender attachment to the liquidizer.

Video is now live on YouTube!! Bee Farming, Sheds, Honey, Varroa, Honey Lines and Asian Hornets!! Richard Noel

Swallowtail

Shout out to Honest Burgers in Cambridge who nailed it when it comes to serving a 'proper' burger 👍🐝

Bit of realism creeping in to UK bulk prices? 👀

Going up buttercup. Not quite sure what type of fly this is, does anyone else have the answer aha?

The speckle butted bee. Subject: Honey bee Latin: Apis

Something to brighten up your morning

In 2012, French beekeepers faced an intriguing enigma: their beehives were producing blue and green colored honey. The unexpected answer to this mystery was eventually found – the bees were frequenting a nearby M&M factory. During that summer, several bee colonies in Eastern