It's a long shot......

[Haughton Honey]

.....but I'm off to the Greek island of Paxos for a week tomorrow morning and I wondered if anyone knew of any local beekeepers on the island (or nearby islands)?!

Contacts appreciated.....

Cris

 

[Tom Bick]

No sorry Chris but keep your eyes peeled and you never know you may just bump into Norton

 

[Haughton Honey]

Well, after 4 days of asking around I finally found the only beekeeper on the island (which has a population of 2500)

Meet my new friend Pan!

More info to follow when I've packed my diving gear away and I'm back from inspecting my own hives........

 

[nedman]

We were in Greece Island hopping last year, Naxos is full of Beeks, although i wasn't really interested in it all then. its only a short ferry ride from paxos and a far nicer island.

Mark

 

[Gardenbees]

Don't tell him he's got the same blue hives as the Turkish apiary in an earlier post!!

Actually, I'm rather taken with the idea of blue hives... very picturesque, and aren't bees supposed to have a high sensitivity to the colour blue?

Well done for locating a beekeeper anyway!

 

[viridens]

I have watched beekeepers at work on Thassos, which is famous for its honey. Typical apiaries on the hillsides have many dozens or even a hundred + hives. These are supered in summer without excluders. Leaf blowers are used to clear supers for harvest, and everything is spun -eggs, brood whatever if it's there. It's all filtered out later.
This is part of an apiary I passed last October.
P.S. The blue paint is the same stuff used for local fishing boats. Many hives also have coloured patterns to help prevent drifting.

 

[Swarm]

GB,
They do look attractive, I think the bright sunshine on them may have a lot to do with it

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Don't tell him he's got the same blue hives as the Turkish apiary in an earlier post!!

Actually, I'm rather taken with the idea of blue hives... very picturesque, and aren't bees supposed to have a high sensitivity to the colour blue?

Well done for locating a beekeeper anyway!

I read it wasn't the colour blue they don't like but the constituents of the blue dye used to colour certain materials for clothing.