its arrived

It has arrived, at last!!

Over the weekend, It seems to have been all steam ahead, the label was completed by son Tom and I must say he did a fantastic job and didn't lose his patience with me despite the numerous changes he had to make, font sizes, positioning of text moving graphics etc etc

I hope you all like it as we are thrilled with our new Brand.

Once the label was sorted it was time to jar up the honey!

The Jars we have chosen are the hexagonal ones, they hold 12oz, 340g in weight

The selling price is £5 a jar.

The honey is a light colour and looks like it will set in time. It is a mild tasting honey and delicious on toast or drizzled on your cereal.

If you would like to buy a jar please contact me by email melys@maelgwyn.co.uk or visit my shop at etsy.com

Free Bees

Yes you guessed it, we have caught another swarm tonight, I still get absolutely fascinated by them. This one was in a hedge on a solitary branch. It was a prime swarm and quite large, you can see from the photos how big it was.

Once we were suited and booted, the branch was cut and then shaken into the box waiting below.

When the bees were safely gathered in the box they were taken to the hive.

 Off comes the lid

 The box is emptied onto the sheet

And we wait for the bees to walk up the board into their new home

Lots and lots of free bees!

A closer look

Here I am in my new suit, trying to spot the queen, unfortunately I didn't see her so we will wait for a few days and let them settle in their new hive and we will then try and find her when we check all is okay in a few days time.

Here they are making good progress of going into the hive, the queen must be inside now as they are really going in fast.

Extremely happy to have such a prime swarm, we may even get some honey out of this hive this year!! fingers crossed