Honeybees for Sale / Nuclei for Sale-HURRY 7 left!!

Honeybees for Sale / Nuclei for Sale

Nuclei:
a small bee family (beekeepers call them a “Nuc”)

Supplied on 5 National Frames covered with bees

Contains:

*1 x Laying Buckfast Queen
* Healthy Brood in all stages of development
* Honey and pollen

We are taking orders now for nucleus colonies ready from end May through to the end of June 2011.

0rders are supplied on a first come first served basis. We strongly recommend you order early due to the limited supply and high demand.

Just to let you know. On pick up you will bring your protective beesuit, gloves etc. as we will open your nuc, examine all the frames for healthy brood, eggs, open & sealed brood and a lovely marked Queen. Once satisfied with the nuc you will sign our LIVE BEE COLONY CONTRACT RELEASE FORM and you are free to take them to their new home.

We also have 2 Italian Strain nucs for sale if you prefer. Just let us know!

photo copyright 2011 ©-The Hive Honey Shop

Sign up for June Beekeeping Course- Hurry Limited places!!

Ever wondered what it would be like to keep your own honeybees? Want to help the dwindling bee populations in the UK? Well why not book a place on The Hive Honey Shop Weekend Beekeeping Course! This is the original hands on course everyone is talking about. Its not just a boring technical talk about bees- NO, its a fast paced condensed 2 day course covering a vast area of what's involved to successfully keep your own honeybees and how to harvest all that honey!

Day two is the icing on the cake! You get to open up a real live beehive, handle the bees under professional expert supervision. At the end of the weekend you will know more about the art of beekeeping, saving you years of time, trouble and worry.

So hurry, only 5 places left!! For more information have a look under our products list> Beekeeping Course.

Government Bee Inspector Passes our Bees with-Flying Colours!

The Hive Honey Shop had a surprise visit from the FERA (The Food and Environment Research Agency) Government Bee Inspector on Tuesday the 12th. Brian McCallum acting seasonal bee inspector met James at Bee Heaven Farm to thoroughly inspect our hives for any signs of disease. Brian said, ‘ If we we could hand out gold stars you would get one. You have really raised the bar!’

Defra is the UK government department responsible for policy and regulations on the environment, food and rural affairs

Fera is an executive agency of Defra. Fera has statutory responsibilities for delivering policy and inspectorate functions in relation to Plant Health, Bee Health and Plant Varieties and Seeds. They also provide commercial pest and disease diagnostic services.

Extract from Fera Website: www.fera.defra.gov.uk/plants/beeHealth/index.cfm

Honey bees make an important contribution to sustainable agriculture and the environment. The Government recognises the importance of a strong bee health programme in England to protect these benefits and takes very seriously any biosecurity threat to the sustainability of the apiculture sector.

The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) is responsible for the Government's bee health policy in England and in particular, the implementation of the Healthy Bees Plan. Fera's National Bee Unit (NBU) delivers the bee health program in England and in Wales (on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government).

The aim of the programme is to control the spread of endemic notifiable diseases of honey bees and to identify and manage the risk associated with new exotic pests and diseases that may be introduced. The programme is important in commercial and environmental terms by protecting honey bees needed for pollination of agricultural and horticultural crops, as well as honey production.

The NBU provides an integrated programme of apiary inspections, diagnostics, research and development and training and advice which are provided by a team of bee scientists and experienced practical beekeepers. The NBU also provides specialist advice and technical consultancy services on bee health to other government departments, beekeepers and industry.

HayfeGUARD Local Honey is a Surprise Success at the Natural & Organic Show, Olympia! 2011

As family based UK beekeepers, after 20 years of making HayfeGUARD, local honey, pollen & royal jelly, we decided to make it available to farm shops, deli's, health food shops, pharmacy's up and down the country. We wanted to make contact to get the message out there that we produce local British honey. We decided to give the Natural & Organic Show at Olympia a try this year and took out a trade stand.

What we did not expect was the flood of interest and orders! It was an amazing surprise day one, when we could barely keep up. James, the MD and head beekeeper of HayfeGUARD, a local honey, pollen & royal jelly formulation said,' I never imagined so many people and companies would be that interested in local honey and what we do, We were inundated with orders from shops, distributors and international buyers requesting our product. It has been a really enjoyable experience to meet so many old clients in person and making so many new ones as well.'

A BIG thanks you to the organisers of the show for helping our family run business grow.

The Hive Honey Shop, makers of HayfeGUARD.