Journal

Swarm!

by Gavin Darcy May 23, 2021

Down at the apiary, one of my hives had swarmed, luck to have found it as the weather was closing in. Their all tucked up in a new hive now.

Flexi-Hex packaging

by Gavin Darcy February 13, 2021

Trying a new style of packaging, Flexi-Hex packaging, all the green credentials plus the strength of a honeycomb, I wonder where the idea came from...

Winter feeding

by Gavin Darcy February 13, 2021

During Winter it’s important for the health of your bees to make sure they have enough stores. To supplement them I use Baco fondant.

Hand-crafted oak honey dippers

by Gavin Darcy February 05, 2021

A wonderful addition to the Honeyspoon store are a selection of hand-crafted, lathe turned honey dippers.

Beautifully finished by sanding and polishing by hand.

Can be purchased with a jar of wildflower honey, the perfect combination.

Food safe, hand wash only.

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It’s a ‘super’ day

by Gavin Darcy June 02, 2020

Put the three nucleus colonies into full size national hives and added supers.

New ‘bees’

by Gavin Darcy May 20, 2020

welcoming the addition of three nucleus’s of bees for the apiary.

Going ‘green’

by Gavin Darcy May 19, 2020

We are changing our packaging to recyclable materials. Packing boxes are now cardboard with shredded wood packing material, in due course the plast...

Knaresborough Station - bee hotel

by Gavin Darcy September 09, 2019

Bee hotel at knaresborough railway station

Bee hotel in Harrogate

by Gavin Darcy September 05, 2019

Lovely bee hotel in Harrogate

When I’m here...

by Gavin Darcy August 26, 2019

A former colleague and friend dropped by to say hello and to take pictures for... The ‘When I’m here’ series, are short documentary photographic es...

The bee hotel at The Goring Hotel, London

by Gavin Darcy May 25, 2019

Only the best dressed bees stay at The Goring Hotel, London.

Chives are in full flower at Dorney Court

by Gavin Darcy May 19, 2019

This is the view from my hives down at Dorney Court.