Sophie's Apiary

I like mine with some raisins.. fresh blueberries and our delicious honey 🍯 🥰

Oh yes the bees have done us proud this year 🐝🥰🤩 It’s been a challenging year with the wet weather & yet they have done so well 🎉 And we left plenty of honey stores back for them to keep full & warm through the winter 😍

Bees (clade Anthophila): Bees sleep 4-6 hrs a day and sometimes sleep under a flowerhead or inside a deep flower like a squash blossom where the temperature can be up to 18 degrees warmer close to the nectar source & on occasions even hold each others feet. 🐝

We love ALL bees 🐝🐝🐝

A pretty perfect frame of pure honey 🍯 produced by the awesome bees at Sophie's Apiary 😍🐝🐝🐝

Angelina Jolie is working with UNESCO and Guerlain on a Women for Bees initiative that will ultimately build 2,500 bee hives and restock 125 million bees by 2025—while training and supporting 50 women beekeepers in their own operations. In March 2021, Dan Winters photographed Angelina using the same technique Richard Avedon employed for his iconic portrait, "The Beekeeper" over 40 years ago. https://on.natgeo.com/3Org3ql

Spot the beehives at Sophie's Apiary!! How many can you see? 🤩

And how gorgeous is that small corner of Sophie’s Apiary!! Our bees are well spoilt with apple trees, cherry trees as well as all the gorgeous flowers covering the ground 🌼 🌸

What a little beauty 💕🐝 🕯️

Our very own Beeswax candle 🐝🥰 Aren’t the bees just amazing!! Nothing goes to waste and everything produced by our bees is valued 💕

Just a little visit to the bees 🐝 she says 😂😂 And off she goes for hours !!

Well there’s a surprise !! To look after our bees with such great care and produce PURE local raw honey is an absolute privilege and a real benefit to our environment 🐝❤️

Nearly half of all EU honey imports likely fraudulent, says new analysis A significant proportion of honey imported into the EU is suspected to be fraudulently adulterated with added syrups, according to a new Commission-led analysis, marking a significant increase from previous years.

We need 🐝🐝, and 🐝🐝 need these. 🌼

We love all bees 😍 An interesting read 💕

Have you ever wondered where bumblebees go in the winter? 🤔🐝

🍯🚫 Bumblebees do not live in hives or make honey to eat over winter. Rather, Bumblebees are social insects, living in a colony with one queen and her worker daughters. Most bumblebees die off naturally before winter arrives, and only new queen bumblebees survive by hibernating in the soil👑

Queen bumblebees mate before going into hibernation, so by the time they emerge in spring or summer the following year, they are already carrying everything they need to start a brand new nest and create the next generation of bumblebees 🐝

If you’re thinking of getting out into the garden this winter, remember you don’t need to be too tidy! Leaf litter and overgrown corners can provide homes to snoozing bumblebee queens. They also hibernate in the soil, so avoid digging! 🍂💤👑

Download our FREE lifecycle guide to discover how bumblebees spend the year and what you can do to help in different seasons! Click the link in our bio

📷 Pieter Haringsma

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Indeed it's that time of the year again.. rainy days.. duvet days.. perhaps watching your favourite series.. with a warm comforting honey drink!! We'd love you to try our delicious raw honey 💕

The British Beekeepers' Association are celebrating the first National Honey Day on Friday 21st October 2022.

They will be encouraging everyone to buy a jar of local honey, produced by bees here in the UK. Not only do they want to ensure people are aware of all the benefits honey provides but they are seeking to celebrate the pleasure of eating honey. Read more …

BBKA National Honey Day The British Beekeepers' Association are celebrating the first National Honey Day on Friday 21st October 2022

Consumers should 100% be able to make an informed choice on the quality of honey they buy, which is very much related to the country where it comes from.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/624402?fbclid=IwAR12FDLlYgIQnFggMZUYykbIb1n0ZbgimnVZgr_7_VAe9AnXYXfzpdCEkLY

Petition: Require honey labels to reflect all countries of origin of the honey. Currently the country of origin on labels can be replaced, if the honey originates from multiple countries, with ‘blend of EU/non-EU/EU and non-EU honeys’. We believe this is insufficient to allow consumers to make an informed choice. All countries where the honey originated should be listed.

We are so delighted to now have Sophie’s Apiary pure raw honey available at Barry Fitch Butchers in Little Eaton 💕🎉🍯

Beautiful video showing the queen bee and her workers being removed from the fabric of buildings.

Sophie’s Apiary has rehomed 8 colonies removed from various buildings with great care by Mansfield Honey Bees 🐝🐝 Bees always need to be given a chance to thrive and should not be destroyed when found near our homes. 💕

https://youtu.be/wy-Lcu3dSO4

Guy Rescues Bees With His Bare Hands | The Dodo Guy scoops up hundreds of bees to rescue them with his bare hands 🐝💛Keep up with Jeff and Julie's work with bees on Instagram: thedo.do/beerescue.

A lovely ancient tradition 💕🐝

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/royal-beekeeper-must-inform-sad-27956758?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Royal beekeeper must inform palace bees that Queen has died in ancient tradition John Chapple, the official palace beekeeper, made the poignant journey to the hive yesterday after news of the Queen’s death where he carried out the ancient ritual

Yummy cut comb in our pure raw honey from Sophie’s Apiary 🐝🥰🍯

The bees at Sophie’s Apiary have done so well this season 🐝🐝🥰 Enjoying some gorgeous honey comb today 💕

Sophie’s Apiary honey at Chatsworth Country fair on the Stall of the Derbyshire Beekeepers Association 💕💕

A fantastic event !! So proud to see Sophie's Apiary honey 🍯 on the shelves of the DBKA’s stall 💕