We enjoy some very busy summers with lots of tourists visiting our honey farm, particularly during the school holidays. However because of the COVID 19 pandemic our visitor centre has been closed since March. Our staff have continued to work onsite, this includes beekeepers, production staff and admin staff. Now, despite the easing of lockdown…
DetailsThe Union Chain Bridge celebrates its bicentenary on 26th July 2020. Here is a worksheet you can download and print off at home to learn a bit more about this fantastic bridge: Chain Bridge Worksheet
How the Changeable Spring Weather Affects Our Bees – May 2020 We are still going through difficult times with our bees. Daytime temperatures are up to 17 degrees c, whereas at night it is down to 0 degrees c, often with a north wind behind it. The bees have to maintain the temperature in the…
DetailsWe have now taken bees to the oil seed rape for 50 years. We cannot avoid this crop because there are so many fields in the Tweed Valley. But we need to take the bees into the fields to get them away from the bitter North Easterly winds that have gone on now for a…
DetailsHere is beekeeper and Chain Bridge Honey Farm owner Willie Robson looking through the bees in a Spring site close to the Honey Farm. Willie is looking in the brood chamber where the queen has laid eggs which will hatch into young bees. Some of the brood will hatch into drones (males) and some will be…
DetailsThe time for giving (and receiving!) is here! As Christmas draws near, we all start thinking about what we can put under the tree for our loved ones this year that they really want. Whether it’s stocking fillers you’re after or something bigger, we’ve got everything you need for the bee lover’s Christmas wish list…
DetailsYou’ve probably already noticed that we love our bees here at Chain Bridge Honey! But the incredible products they create, from propolis that works wonders for natural healing to the delicious honey that we all know and love, is just the tip of the ice-berg. Bees are essential for human life on this planet, but…
DetailsWe don’t use many ingredients in our Chain Bridge Honey skincare (long lists of indecipherable, toxic chemicals are not really our thing), but the ones we do use are used with good reason. You may have noticed a few recurring oils that we like to include in our lip balms, hand creams and ointments and one…
DetailsAs you can probably guess, we love bees here at Chain Bridge Honey! These clever little creatures, that are so integral to human life, are really pretty amazing, so today we’re going to look at some fascinating bee facts to get you clued up. Aside from having the ability to create multiple products that we…
DetailsYou may have noticed that there’s an ingredient used over and over in our all natural beauty products, which rightly so might lead you to wonder why. That ingredient is ‘Avena Sativa’, or Oat oil. Oats are a pretty wonderful thing, not just to eat and fill your tum on a cold winter’s morning (although…
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