Category Archives: Honey

All about the hunny

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Emily Scott

Long-time readers may remember my post back in 2011, ‘Bringing home the hunny‘. This was the last time we had a significant honey harvest. Back then we found our honey wouldn’t spin out in Emma’s fancy electric centrifugal extractor. By this summer the … Continue reading →

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The honey month

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Emily Scott

August is the end of the beekeeping year. If the beekeeper has been lucky, it culminates in the sticky process of extracting golden honey. For the last few days I have been eating honey spooned over raspberries, strawberries and peaches. … Continue reading →

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London Honey Show 2013: part 2

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Emily Scott

A second blog post on Monday night’s third ever London Honey Show, run by the London Lancaster hotel. The headline speaker was Dale Gibson, on ‘A year in the life of the Bermondsey Street Bees. Mostly.’ He positively bounced onto … Continue reading →

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London Honey Show 2013: part 1

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Emily Scott

I’ve come down with a cold, so am writing this in a feverish sleepless state. So apologies if   any of it does make sense – or indeed doesn’t make sense! Feeling a bit sniffly, yesterday I headed down to … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on ‘More than Honey’

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Emily Scott

Last week I went to see a showing of More than Honey by the Ealing Transitions/Friends of the Earth groups at St Mary’s Church, Ealing. I hadn’t been in the church before and was surprised at how beautifully decorated it is, … Continue reading →

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Bee Keepers’ Day – Apis through the looking glass

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Emily Scott

Yesterday I went to the Federation of Middlesex Beekeepers’ Associations annual ‘Bee Keepers’ Day‘. Each year the Middlesex associations (Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, North London, Pinner & Ruislip) take it in turn to host a day of beekeeping talks; this year … Continue reading →

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9th Honeybee Management revision post: the value of honey, pollen, water and propolis

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Emily Scott

A 9th revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 1 exam, Honeybee Management, which I’m taking…on Saturday (arrrgh so not ready!). I’m at 1.15 on the syllabus: “The Candidate shall be able to give a detailed account of:- the value of honey, pollen, … Continue reading →

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Bringing home the hunny

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Emily Scott

Picking up where my previous post left off. On Saturday we took our six frames of honey to Emma’s dad’s house, as he had kindly let us do the messy business of honey extraction in his nice clean house. As … Continue reading →

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Hunny time

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Emily Scott

Yesterday was all about the honey. After three years of trying, I finally have some! On Friday Emma put a Porter bee escape on our super, which allows the bees to go down but not up so we can come … Continue reading →

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A September day – 25/09

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Emily Scott

Went down to the bees today, but first I mixed up an autumn sugar syrup feed for them. This has a ratio of 2 pounds of sugar to 1 pint of water. It is important that the sugar is white … Continue reading →

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