Beekeeping Timetable
We are lucky to have Glyn Davies as a member of the Torbay branch, some years ago Glyn produced a beekeeping timetable detailing the yearly schedule for beekeepers in Devon. The timetable includes among...
Monthly Archive: September 2016
Labelling Advice
General Honey Labelling Advice The word “honey” is required. When packed in quantities exceeding 50g may only be packed in prescribed quantities of 57g(2oz), 113g (4oz), 227g (8oz), 340g (12oz), 454g(1lb) or multiples of 454g(1lb)....
Queen Marking Colours
The international queen marking colours code was created to allow beekeepers to mark their queens using a code which all other beekeepers, wherever they were in the world, would understand. The colours are used...
Honey Extraction
This sequence of photographs show the principles of extracting honey to keep it fresh clean and undamaged by heat. The set-up has been developed over several years on a domestic scale but is able...
