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There is a flow back on here again in the Mournes , gives a cracker week of weather so this week should do it.

Anybody else getting any heather? The hives in the Mournes are but they are really working hard for it all.

Just home and no real big change from last week so it wasn't what I was expecting to find, although there was fresh nectar shaking out of the frames, its a tough tough gig!

I am heading up to my girls this evening and expecting big things with all this lovely weather we are having here now.

Normally an apple press but this year I will be trying out a MG heather honey press that I bought from a beekeeper in England. Its a sturdy looking piece of kit.

Was up tonight around 7 and the bees flying strong and some with supers that will be filled in the next day or two. Any with broods as supers are around half full so looking good at the minute, gives the weather here staying not so bad also. Fingers crossed.

Although I can't see it being anywhere near as good as last year when I had brood boxes full of the stuff.

Ling looking very good here with me in the Mournes, lots out in flower but still more to come, very quiet though with the bees. Not that many years ago when it was well into August and early September when they had a flow on here that late so hope yet???

I was up with my bees today in the high Mournes and they were flying very strong bringing in lots of heather pollen, frames were getting drawn and nectar showing. They have only been there 4 days, all on the bell though, very little ling open yet.

Plenty of bell out in the Mournes but none coming into my hives at the house here yet, planning to move the first of them over the weekend, the ling is still a while off here yet. No real colour on the hills but bell def out.

Many thanks and sorry for the slow reply, From the Mournes , Darren.

I was up yesterday in the Mournes and started taking the first of my honey away. Also found that one of my hives had swarmed, managed to get them into a box. Would have been a dreadful wet and windy weekend for them had i not found them.

There was a lovely flow on this past few weeks in the Mournes, some hives with the second brood nearly filled, will get up tomorrow evening to see what the change in weather has done . Haven't been up since last Wednesday.

We have bees and ducks running beside each other with no problems except for pulling the odd sting out of their feet, if you are ever in the Mourne area let me know and i'll give you a tour, can take a few call ducks home with you too, all the best and good luck Darren. BT344SR.

Brilliant video, thanks for sharing. Darren.

Here in the Mournes it's the biggest flow of ling since i have started keeping bees, filling supers quicker than i have ever seen, left brood boxes with foundation up as supers last Saturday and they were drawn out and completely filled by the Tuesday morning. They have brought in more honey in...

Thats the one, thank you.

There was a large scale beekeeper last year who went to the heather and I followed his operation on twitter I think it was. I found his posts interesting, does anybody know who this was?? Thanks Darren

Whats the heather looking like with people for this year? Hopefully its good here in the Mournes and pulls us out of a hole, the season so far here has been a disaster. Darren.

Thank you.