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Category Archives: pollinators
Have our beekeepers looked even more excited than usual?
I seem to have spent most of this week at Hughenden Manor, much of it in relation to the apiary. We’d been told our hive monitoring equipment had been dispatched last week but there had been two failed deliveries and … Continue reading
A busy day at Hughenden
I’m just having a short break from the children’s activities room at Hughenden Manor where more crests are being created and children with bee masks are heading off on the Be a Bee treasure trail. Just setting off to forage … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Forage, Hughenden Manor, National Trust, pollinators, Visitors
Tagged bee, bees, Honey, honeybee, National Trust, nectar, pollen, volunteer
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I defy any one not to be moved and inspired by this
Ready for some awe and wonder? Look here short videos of such beauty – if you are a teacher, try them as your students settle at the beginning of a lesson. There is even one captioned in French for MFL … Continue reading
Posted in Animal welfare, Education, Forage, pollinators, Wild food
Tagged awe, bats, bees, birds, butterflies, natural world, pollen, pollination, stop motion photography, video, wonder
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Honey Jarring
It’s been a dreadful year for honey production. The first two years of our project have been characterised with difficult weather conditions so we are not the only ones to say so. Those who have kept bees for more than … Continue reading
Posted in Apiary, Disraeli, Education, General beekeeping, Hughenden Manor, National Trust, pollinators, Walled garden
Tagged fall down, jars, pour, pride, sample, spread, sticky, tower
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August forage
I have a lovely little Beekeeper’s rule – a double card – a cardboard wheel rotates to allow me to calculate various aspects of bee life and on the reverse a very brief summary of what could be a source … Continue reading
Posted in Forage, pollinators
Tagged allium, Beekeeper's rule, bergamot, blackberry, buddleia, Bumble bees, comfrey, foxglove, honeysuckle, peacock butterfly, thistle
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50 things to do before you are 64 and three quarters
The National Trust has issued a list of things every child should experience before they are 11 and three quarters The world of beekeeping offers so many amazing sights that it could contribute to a similar list for seniors. In … Continue reading
Posted in Forage, pollinators, Uncategorized, Visitors
Tagged honey comb, honey. honey extraction, swarm, swarm in roof, wasp
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More on visitor interpretation
Forgive me, but as this entwines with my personal aims in beekeeping, I have just added some links to how bees eyesight differs to our own. It includes a couple of interactive elements which I think are particularly instructive and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Forage, pollinators, Visitors
Tagged colour, compound eye, distance, flat, flower, motion, pheremones, single eye, UV
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How I love snakes head fritillaria – and how well named.
My visit to Hughenden Manor today was different. With no intention to open the hives and much earlier than usual, it was barely open. Weather forecast for the day seemed to highlight rain but sitting in the stableyard waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Disraeli, Education, Forage, General beekeeping, Hughenden Manor, National Trust, pollinators
Tagged Bumble bee, daffodils, Disraeli, fritillary, primrose, violet
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Pollinator architecture
There is a really good article here It shows how simple things can be recycled to help preserve or create habitats for pollinators and the extra surprise is how beautiful they all are.
Posted in Education, pollinators
Tagged bamboo, grass, holes, insect hotel, recycly, stones
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