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Heather time 🌸🌸🌸 We have been busy movi

Heather time 🌸🌸🌸

We have been busy moving our beehives from their summer sites up to the heather moorlands on both sides of the border.

These pictures from near Wooler were taken a few weeks ago and the bell heather was out, the ling heather just coming.

We go out early and when it is cool so most of the bees are still in the hives, we gently load the hives onto our @ibexautomotive trucks then drive to the new heather location.

We made a path in a section of bracken so the hives could be placed in a nice sheltered place. All the hives have honey left in their stores which is just as well considering the recent bad weather.

All we need now is some good weather and sunshine. Heather honey is very special and we all work hard to produce this special product especially the bees !!!!

We continually check the hives to see how they are doing. We usually bring home new seasons heather honey end September. Then the next job is to bring all the hives home into their winter sites.

This was such a beautiful morning, I didn’t want to leave…. I hope the bees are as happy and are doing well 🌸

Union Chain Bridge Family Celebration Event ! Wed

Union Chain Bridge Family Celebration Event ! Wed
26th July 11-4

Museums Northumberland have organised an event to celebrate the Union Chain Bridges 203rd birthday on wed 26th July.

This event will take place over 4 locations. Horncliffe Memorial Hall, Chain Bridge Honey Farm, The Chain Bridge and Paxton House. The event is free apart from a reduced entry charge at Paxton.

Visit www.museums northumberland.org.uk to download a programme of the days events.

At the honey farm we will have live music, educational stalls and alongside the cafe bus we will have @u.vepulled serving delicious food.

There will be a family fun day at Paxton, tours at the bridge and the @friendsoftheunionchainbridge will tell the story of the bridge with illustrations and artefacts in Horncliffe Village hall.

This will be the final celebratory event to mark the restoration of the bridge. So many folk have come to see the bridge since opening, try and make the event if you can !

A walk around the garden & to the bridge 🌸 Fo

A walk around the garden & to the bridge 🌸

Foxgloves, roses, allium, wild strawberries, a honeybee on a hebe and laburnum swishing in the breeze overlooking the fabulous Union Chain Bridge 😊

And breathe…. Night times at the Honey Farm. M

And breathe…. Night times at the Honey Farm.

Most evenings are spent getting ready for the next day. We are so lucky to get such nice visitors.

Tonight it was nice to go out and appreciate the lovely grass growing in the field. Daphne is planting at the garden entrance and the hens are out for an evening run amongst the wild rabbits. The rabbits appear when all the visitors have gone home.

The cockerels are looking for the hens who have dissapeared amongst the long grass. These cockerels were given to us by some very nice customers after someone dumped them by the side of the road !! 😞 I am so glad they ended up here.

Good night folks I hope everyone else is enjoying the warm weather and long summer evenings x

It was buzzing at the honey farm today ! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

The bees from our observation hive decided to swarm (because they have outgrown their space).

The bees travelled over lots of customers at the cafe bus proving bees rarely sting when swarming !

After lots of buzzing they settled on the back of the Diamond T truck being restored in the shed.

The bees will be coaxed into an empty hive - a new home for them with more space.

What a buzzy sunny day !!!

Thanks to everybody who visits us, the shop/visitors centre is open 7 days, bus caf wed-sun 10-4 (closed bank hol mon)

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