Chris Slade describes the son et lumiere presentation at the abbey of Bon Repos called "Le Pays de Conomor" in Brittany, which takes place during the first two weeks of August.
Tag: bee
Honey
When Nicola went to her local honey farm for her annual shopping trip, she was stunned to find out she was limited to only 2 jars of the golden nectar
The swarm in the hive
An exceptional piece of work – relocating a bee swarm from abandoned hives – and a superb piece of niche blogging by Jean Halford-Thompson describing the steps they went through to catch the queen and move the swarm…
Facts about bees – Wild Bees
Finding fresh honey in a honeycomb is a rare occurence these days, so when Jean came across some stuck to the roof of a neighbours hive she took advantage…
Bottling Honey in France
Yesterday we took another 25 kilos of honey, making a total of 45 kilos of spring honey from four hives. For us, that is a good harvest and certainly the artifical swarms played a part. If the bees swarm, we lose about half the honey…
Read more about collecting and bottling honey from hives in France
Artificial Swarm – Part Two
Well, it worked! We went down to the hives earlier this week and had a quick look. Sure enough, there was a small patch of new brood in a very busy hive. We didn’t look for the queen herself as it seemed pointless…
Read more about establishing an artificial swarm of bees to develop a hive in France
