It's the final day of #BeesNeedsWeek - 5 simple tips on how you can help provide a better environment for pollinators in your garden. #bees #beekeeping #gardening #pollinators bit.ly/3XNPkHt

The new Honey House arrives. #beekeeping #beefarming #honey #northumberland

Up on the moor again today with stands and checking on a few. Surprised they'd got anything as we've only had a few decent days of weather. But it does look like there's some heather honey coming in to the stronger colonies.🤞😁

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A thought for next year, permanent apiaries. Did not have time to move two apiaries to rape or heather. In both cases they brought in honey from both crops. #beefarming #beekeeping #northumberland #heather #honey

Bees coming back from the borage. Only place I could get a photo! 22 mpg!! #beefarming #borage #isuzu #honey

Our U.K. Supermarkets could learn a thing or two about selling Honey. Look at this excellent range of French honey in a big supermarket chain in France. Why not have isles like this across the U.K.? Why only a tiny offering? To be honest the whole supermarket was an excellent

Huge thanks again to Lynne Ingram for a fascinating and eye opening talk today. Good discussion followed too, thanks to all who attended.

Oxalic treatment on the bees, plus fondant and very late mouse guards #beefarmers #beekeeping #northumberland #honey

Ready made and waxed frames from Murray. A game changer when you are single handed #northumberland #beefarmer #beekeeping #denrosa

Makes a change from carrying bee hives. A kind gift on buy nothing. #beekeeping #northumberland #beefarming #northernarknursery

New Nuc Apiary. A quintessential farm yard. Not the most picturesque but the Ford Grenada gives protection from the west wind, plenty of nectar and pollen close by. #beefarming

Off to the borage. #beefarming #beekeeping #honey

Look after your beekeepers borage growers. For even modest growers it's a 20k hit without bees. So much so it's stipulated in the contract. 👀

In case you missed it - watch this astonishing footage of a conversation with staff from a Chinese 'honey factory youtu.be/FNIdSod1ANw?si…

The lack of appropriate testing in the UK has led to a special 'UK grade 'honey' being developed. It couldn't be sold in Europe where more testing is carried out.

The main message has got to be Buy British Honey

Another Saturday, another farmers market, Gosforth tomorrow

At the borage

A bit later than last year but on the way back from the borage