We are very excited about the purchase and arrival of two bee hives at Earthstead. They are what are termed nucleus hives, a queen and small number of workers. Here Ali tries out his new bee suit and smoker, ready to take a look at the workings of the hive for the first time.
The hives are doing well and beginning to produce honey. The day after this photo was taken, the hive swarmed (to find our more about swarming behaviour in bees, click here), and Ali and Dave were unable to recapture the run away queen. Two days later the second hive also swarmed,but fortunately they landed not far away and were quickly rescued from their precarious position into a waiting bee box, called a "super".
We've been doing some work on the Cob Cottage. Sean has installed the solar panels.....................
...........and Misaki and Jake have dug yet another trench for the power and internet lines.
The local power linesmen also gave us a hand to cut some of the large trees at the entrance to our property.
We have hosted some amazing wwoofers over the past few months, not least Jake, who along with his usual duties, found time to shoot two rabbits, under Ali's expert eye........................................
and then, under Dave's expert tutoring, skinned, gutted.....................
and cooked the rabbits..............
and of course ate them.
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