I went to the National Honey Show yesterday and really enjoyed it. I didn’t manange to get to all the things I wanted because I overslept, but I still found it very worthwhile. I went to a workshop on making wax flowers…see my effort. Now to be honest with you I am busy enough as [...]
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Honey Show and propolis
Posted in Home brewing, beekeeping, self sufficiency, tagged beekeeping, honey, immune system, mead, natural remedies, propolis, tincture, wax flower on November 1, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Propolis
Posted in beekeeping, tagged antifungal, antiseptic, Apistan, beekeeping, bees, health foods, honey, propolis, propolis screen, self sufficiency, varroa on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read a very interesting book a couple of months ago about the health benefits of propolis. I am usually slightly skeptical about amazing health claims but these are well researched. The problem with propolis is you can’t patent it, so the drug companies are not interested….and it’s the drug companies that fund the vast majority [...]
This years honey crop
Posted in beekeeping, self sufficiency, tagged beekeeping, crop, green, honey, lifting supers, self sufficiency on September 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I havent done too badly this year. I only have three hives……and I lost a queen somewhere in May……so I had to breed another one, holding one of the hives up. Still I have managed to get more honey than in previous years, my beekeeping expertise has been sadly lacking. I need to get some [...]
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