In the Apiary

Nov 1, 20231 min

"How to Make Sugar Syrup for Your Bees: A Step-by-Step Guide"

We make two strengths of sugar syrup at Foxes Honey. An almost 2-1 syrup for Autumn and a weaker one for Spring to simulate an early...

May 26, 20231 min

May in the Apiary

May has been a busy month in the apiary. Almost overnight, we found all our colonies were on the increase, some swarm control measures we...

Dec 31, 20221 min

Expanding Our New Orchard Apiary

Today we moved another five hives to the Orchard Apiaries. The weather was appalling. It constantly rained. Andy G and I were soaked;...

Dec 17, 20221 min

Lost to Bandit Wasps.

Last Weekend we found one of our hives empty of bees. It had been under attack from wasps in late September, So we reduced the entrance...

Nov 20, 20221 min

Kent Orchard Our New Apiary

Today Andy G and I moved 2 hives from Herne Village apiary to one of our farm apiaries. On arrival we opened up the hive entrances and...

Nov 6, 20221 min

🍁 Autumn Feeding 🍂

Today we checked all the bee hives to make sure they had some fondant available, the weather was terrible it rained continuously Elaine...

Jul 4, 20221 min

New Apiary in Kent.

A New Apiary

Apr 23, 20221 min

Eggs at Last

Finally, some eggs in my first split of the season. The queen has finally started to lay, and soon this hive will be full of new bees...