Welcome to the Bees

We were thrilled to see some new residents arrive at the plot….. two hives of honey bees. Monty and Karen are well know around the area. They are the ’Bee Keepers of Embsay’. I don’t think there’s anything they don’t know about looking after bees. Anyway, it was with much excitement that we all watched them drive the bees down, in their car!!!!!!!! Apparently, this is perfectly safe. They were hopeful that the bees would enjoy their new home as we are just within flying distance of the heather on the moors.

A few weeks later and Monty and Karen were really happy with the progress being made. They were able to separate the queen bee and get the workers, working.

Just yesterday, we learned that the bees were thriving and producing honey already. I’ve seen them enjoying the borage in the veg patch and we were given some honeycomb to taste.