2:10pm Sunday 29th August 2010
Finally with bees almost constantly in the news, it’s also time to prepare for a successful winter in the apiary which means providing enough food at the correct time, something that is more complex than it sounds. Coupled with the often challenging weather conditions, it means that bee keepers, new and old, have to be very much on the ball to ensure that their bees receive enough nutrition to get them through until the flowers are once more productive next spring. Then it’s back to the winter lectures provided by most bee keeping clubs and swopping experiences with fellow bee keepers which is a very positive help to everyone. If you have had a good honey harvest then it won’t be hard to sell it as honey is in great demand or perhaps its time to dust down the books and use it in recipes or even in cosmetics? Honey is such a versatile product with so many uses. As usual – there are never enough hours in the day for smallholders!
There's more about Liz and her smallholding in the editor's blog......
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