Werrington Honey

All set up for the open garden event at Sissons Barn.
We have managed to harvest a small amount of honey this week with more on its way 🍯
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Come and say hello to us tomorrow 🐝 ☀️ 🌺
We are supporting the open garden event at Sissons Barn, Thorney Road, Peakirk.
Click on the link below for more information:
https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/48501/sissons-barn

Find a Garden | National Garden Scheme

It's swarm time again! At this time of year the bees just can't wait to get going as soon as the sun peeks out after a gloomy spell. We collected a lovely swarm from a cherry tree earlier today and they are now safely in our last empty hive. Five hives, five colonies! Now we can look forward to the first harvest of this year's delicious honey which should be within the next few weeks! 🐝🐝🍯

Tomorrow, the 20th of May, is World Bee Day and we have a busy day planned.
Early in the morning we will be speaking to a reporter from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, so you might hear us during the breakfast show.
We will be giving talks about beekeeping later in the morning, to the residents of a local care home, and in the afternoon, to a local primary school.
If you want to do something to help bees, consider growing 'bee friendly' plants such as lavender, foxgloves and borage. Bees like blue, purple and violet coloured flowers.
Take part in 'No Mow May' so that wildflowers are allowed to grow and provide pollen and nectar for bees.

Read all about the 'Trampoline Bees' in the Peterborough Telegraph!!!

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/peterborough-family-discovers-huge-bee-swarm-clinging-to-their-trampoline-as-local-beekeepers-offer-advice-on-what-to-do-if-you-find-one-8298611

Peterborough family discovers huge bee swarm clinging to their children's trampoline - as local beekeepers offer advice on what to do if you find one Thousands of honey bees caused a buzz in a Peterborough family’s garden when they chose a children’s trampoline to swarm under.

Posted yesterday about early swarms, and in the evening we had a message to collect one! It was a big one that had settled under a trampoline and was really easy to collect.
It was a bit more tricky getting them into a hive at our apiary as by then it was dark and we had to use the car headlights to see!