biglongdarren

No bramble for well over two miles , these hives are right bang in the middle of the Mourne mountains with nothing else around them but...

Where the bees are sited there is only bell, ling and the very odd contonaster bush scattered over the hills and it's always in berry no...

Hey all, Is it in bell heathers nature to cloud up/ turn to a soft set likeness? This honey is nothing but bell heather with maybe a...

It's just a Mourne thing, it's always been done like this, a lot of it is just to keep face, if the hedges got long the neighbouring...

Here in the Mournes the farmers are wild for cutting everything back to the bare bones, My neighbour farmer was out today cutting...

A photo of where I place my hives for the heather in the Mournes. They are placed near the old quarry in the first photo. There are two...

I bought a few and painted the inside with oil based satin with sand mixed into it, left about two weeks and all have bees in them now...

Went up today and stuck a few clearing boards on, I am so proud of the girls, some of the finest frames of bell I have even had. One of...

My nucs were delivered to Northern Ireland last Wednesday, well pleased.

I went yesterday to check the bees after the awful weather we had, hadn't been up for over a week. The first thing that met me out of...