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Please note the Union Chain Bridge is currently closed for refurbishment.

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Something to brighten up a dull day 🌼 🌼 🌼

Something to brighten up a dull day 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼

M A H O N I A

Mahonia is a tough flowering shrub that bees love.

Originally from North America they are now well established in gardens and parks everywhere.

Mahonia flowers from mid November to mid January and would make a great colourful addition to your bee friendly garden.

These pictures were taken on Friday (13th Jan) where the bright sun brought the bees out the hive to forage for fresh pollen and nectar.

This mahonia plant really cheered the bees and myself up
sometimes it’s the simplest things….. 🌼 🐝🌼🐝🌼

#bees #honeybees #beefriendlyflowers #nature #naturalliving #chainbridgehoneyfarm #gardening #sun #happy #feelgood

Storm Update 🐝 So far so good… Checking o

Storm Update 🐝

So far so good…

Checking our beehives after the storm - so far we have seen little or no damage.

We are so grateful to local landowners for helping us by providing safe and sheltered places for our bees to reside over the winter months.

The bees are put in places where they can get full sunshine with shelter from the prevailing wind, north-west and sometimes south-east.

Ideally they are in the lee of a garden wall or a very thick hedge (out in the open is no good) and close to human habitation where there are gardens containing pollen bearing plants. Fresh pollen, that can be accessed when the weather allows, helps build the bodies of the young bees in January.

The young bees will take over the running of the hive soon after that. Let’s hope a mild winter and good spring/summer is round the corner.

We had little damage at the honey farm and our power remained on. Our thoughts go out to those still without water and power and huge clearing up tasks ahead……

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C H R I S T M A S is coming…..

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New for this year we have two new candle gift boxes, our beeswax candles have been so popular lately we thought a selection could make a wonderful gift.

We also have a new pure beeswax tin candle - burn time 10 hours.

Alongside our Christmas spice soap and Christmas tree candles we have a plenty gift ideas on our website.

All products made here at Chain Bridge Honey Farm and are available to buy online or click and collect.

We can also send your gift direct to your recipient, note card included.

Life has remained fairly busy at the Honey Farm, we hope to reopen next year. We re nearly finished bringing all the beehives down from the moors to their winter sites where they will be sheltered and warmer over winter.

Happy Sunday folks x 🐝

This mornings sky at the honey farm 💙

This mornings sky at the honey farm 💙

Beehive shifting in the RAIN ☔️☔️☔️

Beehive shifting in the RAIN ☔️☔️☔️

We have started moving our beehives up to the Moorlands in the hope of some Heather honey 🤞. It is a little early but the bright Bell Heather is out. There is also clover and willow herb to keep the bees happy.

We set off early this morning to move the hives from a field of flowering beans (and daisies) then drove a good few miles up into the hills to their new home for the next few months.

We like to move the hives in cooler weather so all the bees are ‘in’, we use a wee puff of smoke (from a traditional bee smoker) and a wee wooden stick to shut them in. This stick is removed and the bees let out once the hives are settled in the new location.

Look how happy these bees are to be out 🐝🐝🐝.

We move the bees as quickly and gently as possible in our custom built #foersibex trucks.

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