Capensis Honey & Bees

I haven't posted for a while, so it's time for an update!
It's been a wonderful year for our bees Our hives are happy and healthy and the hot sunny summer weather with intermittent rains meant our little ladies have produced a bumper harvest of delicious honey.
As this cold, wet winter weather sets in we now won't be harvesting again until late spring - leaving the remaining honey reserves in the hives to feed the bees.
But lucky for us, the summer harvest is golden. We only sell raw, filtered honey - delicious, healthy and local. To order, please just whatsapp us on 082 824 0548

For everyone who's been asking, yes we have beautiful raw LOCAL honey in stock!
Runny or creamy - R110 per jar (500g)
Pure and natural - just filtered and bottled. Non-irradiated!
Honey is a natural sweetener. Raw honey is also used as an anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and antioxidant agent. Treat this season's sore throats and coughs the natural way!
To order call or whatsapp us on 082 824 0548 and collect from our Meadowridge store.
Capensis Honey is also available at Metro Organics in Kendal Road.
Looking forward to hearing from you! 🐝🐝🐝

Happy Bee New Year!🐝🐝🐝
Beekeepers each have their own ways of marking the beginning of each year’s bee season, and for many, including me, the Bee New Year starts after the winter solstice. In the southern hemisphere, bee colonies are at their smallest in June when our days are shortest, but as the daylight hours slowly increase, brood-rearing will begin again. Nothing dramatic happens – this is simply the cycle of life in a bee colony.

The worker bees begin to raise the temperature of the brood nest. These warmer conditions stimulate the Queen to lay eggs—just a few at first, but more and more as time goes on. And keeping the colony warmer requires more food … just when food reserves in the Cape are low! For this reason, many beekeepers like to check on their bees on the first warmish day after the solstice, and give the colony a boost of sugar water, pollen patties or both. After all, brood-rearing requires well-fed nurse bees, and if there’s insufficient forage in our gardens and fields for the worker bees to find and bring back to the hives, they’re going to need a bit of help!

We also need to check that our brood boxes have enough space for the Queen to lay new brood. This means checking each of the frames (there are usually 10 or 11 in a brood box), and removing the “worst” two frames, replacing them with new waxed sheets ready for the Queen to lay her eggs. Creating this space is essential. If the brood box is already full of honey, the Queen won’t lay!

Every beekeeping situation is different. There’s no set formula to follow. But it’s important to remember that changes are taking place inside the hives, and it’s our job to assess the situation and decide whether something needs to be done. The next six months until the summer solstice will be a time of growing, then things will slow down again. A reproductive phase as the Queen lays brood and grows the size of the colony, followed by a productive phase when we can harvest honey, then the total slow-down as we go back into winter.

And if you’re reading this in the northern hemisphere, the bee year phases are the same, just in reverse.

HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY!!🐝
Raw, pure honey from happy hives. To order yours, please whatsapp or call Helen on 082 8240548.
We currently have stock of the following honeys (500g jars):
Raw Creamed Honey R100 / jar
Raw Runny Honey R100 / jar
Raw Constantia Valley Honey R100 / jar
Raw Constantia Valley Honey with Comb - R150 (only 13 jars left!)
Order your raw pure honey : Whatsapp or call 082 8240548
Helen, The Accidental Beekeeper 🐝🐝

What a season we're having! Our honeybees are happy, with plenty of flowers to forage throughout our hive sites in the Western Cape. And happy bees make happy beekeepers! The hives aren't under stress so the little ladies are relaxed and producing bumper honey harvests!
We currently have stock of the following honeys:
Capensis Raw Creamed Honey 500g jars for R100
Capensis Raw Eucalyptus Honey 500g jars for R100
Capensis Raw Constantia Valley Honey 500g jars for R100
Capensis Raw Constantia Valley Honey with Comb - limited stock available from 10 April 500g jars for R150.
Order your raw pure honey : Whatsapp or call 082 8240548
Helen, The Accidental Beekeeper 🐝

🍯 Honey - the Sweetest Gift 🎄
Give a little sweetness this Christmas. Our 100% raw, pure & local honeys are now available for you to share and enjoy with the ones you love!
WhatsApp your order to 0828240548
Collect in Meadowridge

Creamy Canola 500g R100
Yummy Eucalyptus 500g R100
Artisanal Honey with Mixed Salted Nuts. 300g R80
Stocking Filler Honeys 200g R50

🐝 Single Source Raw Canola Honey! 🐝

It’s been a spectacular year for Canola, with stunning fields of yellow blossoms throughout the Western Cape. And our bees have just loved it, buzzing happily about, pollinating all those crops! Our spring harvest of Raw Canola Honey is now available at R95 per 500g jar.
Raw Canola Honey is an opaque thick creamy colour. It’s firm, with a very fine, smooth texture as the crystals are so small. Perfect for adding to your tea or coffee, or spreading on toast! It’s a mild honey, and can have a slight but pleasant peppery aftertaste.
Capensis Honey is 100% Raw, Pure & Natural … made by local bees and sustainably harvested.

100% Raw Canola Honey available now for just R95 per 500g jar.

To order please WhatsApp 082 824 0548 or email [email protected]

Best wishes from
Helen, The Accidental Beekeeper

With rolling fields vibrant with beautiful canola flowers, and dirt roads lined with flaming aloes, our Breede River bees are BUSY, happy, and just a little bit feisty when we inspect their hives! It’s looking good for a wonderful winter honey 🐝 🍯

🐝 Isn't this just beautiful! The photo was taken by the owner of the hive. The beekeeper forgot to put the frames into the hive, and the bees built their own architecture from the honeycomb, which takes into account natural ventilation, so that the air can flow freely and maintain a stable temperature. Bees really are at the heart of nature! 💛🐝

We have now sold out of our Late Summer Harvest organic honey. BUT, I'm delighted to say we have plenty of our delicious Constantia Valley multi-flora organic course-filtered honey, as well as several interesting infusions for you to try.

500g Constantia Valley multi-flora R85
375g Artisanal honey with mixed nuts R85
375g Artisanal honey infused with cinnamon spices R85
375g Artisanal honey with hot chilli peppers R75
375g Artisanal honey with Nigella Sativa seeds R75

All our honeys are non-irradiated, non-heated, course-filtered and local - the healthy and delicious way to boost your immune system this winter!
To order, please whatsapp Helen on 082 824 0548. Free delivery in the Constantia Valley area for orders of 3 or more jars.

Thank you for all your wonderful support!
Helen 🐝🐝

The Accidental Beekeeper has just enjoyed a sublime weekend at the Breede River, chilling and checking our hives.The past couple of months have been tough foraging for our girls, so we supplement their diet a little to help keep the colonies strong until they have sufficient natural food sources again.
And it’s looking good for a wonderful winter harvest from the abundance of aloes already beginning to bloom.
Soon the vibrant orange aloes will be joined by expansive carpets of yellow as canola fields around us blossom.
Watch this space for updates on our Breede River Valley bees and our winter harvest honey!!