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The Hyde Hall honey bees have so far had a good season. The bees on site now are not those that were there in spring. The original colonies - having got through winter - expanded rapidly. So much so, that they had to be moved to another site. Of the bees now resident, one colony was small and rather...
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The honey bees have now settled down for the winter. They have taken down the sugar syrup which is their winter feed. They were very hungry this year - each colony had taken about 5 gallons (25 litres) of syrup - the norm would be about three and a half gallons (17 litres). The entrance to the brood...
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I am pleased to announce that we now have bee hives at Hyde Hall. Just two colonies at the moment, the others are out and busy pollinating Borage. The colonies are positioned to the east of the site on top of the hill just above the wild flower meadow. Each colony contains approx 50,000 bees and they...
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We are delighted that a local bee keeper - Jean Smye - has agreed to house some of her bee hives at Hyde Hall. The hives will be situated on the area known as the 'Gateway to the Countryside' (just beyond the Robinson Garden) and final preparations are taking place in readiness for their arrival...
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