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cornishhoney.co.uk Heather Bell Honey Bees Ltd, professional honey bee farmers supplying bees, equipment, bee hives and wildlife habitats since 1999.

Visit our website for everything you need for keeping bees and a wild garden. Honey Bees, National Bee Hives, WBC Bee Hives, Cornish Top Bar Hives, Beekeeping Supplies and Beekeepers Equipment for sale. Everything you need for you and your bees. We are full time professional bee farmers with a long established business and members of the U.K. Bee Farmers' Association - "the voice of professional b

eekeeping". We have hundreds of colonies in our care and over the years we have passed on hundreds more, helping beginners to start their own apiaries. Bees are our business as well as our passion and we are happy to give professional advice.

17/03/2026

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kgx31zypmo
Reading this makes us think. Is it the weather, the choice of bees or ultimately the choice of beekeepers that is to blame?
Decades of full time experience has taught us not to jump to conclusions and while correlation is not causation, that does not mean it is not the case.
We have not found this winters temperatures to be unfavourable, it has mostly remained below 10C. Sure, it has been very wet but our winter losses have been

Beekeeping Courses, Education available on our website here -https://cornishhoney.co.uk/index.php?cPath=142Weather permi...
14/03/2026

Beekeeping Courses, Education available on our website here -
https://cornishhoney.co.uk/index.php?cPath=142
Weather permitting, our practical beekeeping courses will be starting again in a few weeks. Full details on the pages on our website.

While there is a variety of pollen available, there is a dearth of nectar. Willow can provide a little nectar but it's n...
09/03/2026

While there is a variety of pollen available, there is a dearth of nectar. Willow can provide a little nectar but it's not generous, while pine and gorse give no nectar at all. Colonies will be burning through their stores very quickly and starvation is common at this time of year.
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Support colonies during critical periods with our 40% Light Bee Syrup with Thymofeed.
https://cornishhoney.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1198
Designed to mimic natural nectar, this easily digestible feed provides bees with both moisture and energy when foraging conditions are poor or winter stores are difficult to use.
40% syrup is ideal for late winter and spring build-up (February-April) and good for nucleus support and emergency feeding throughout the active season.
40% syrup also assists colonies in unlocking crystallised or ivy-bound honey stores, allowing bees to re-liquefy and consume previously unusable food without relying on risky water flights.
Note: daytime temperature needs to be higher than ~12 °C for bees to be able to break cluster and take syrup feeds.
Our syrup is also available in 50% and 60% strengths.
https://cornishhoney.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1178
If it is too cold for syrup feeding, use our Candy Box to feed sugar. We consider fondant products to be over-priced, over-hyped and over here! It is all imported so support British farming and use British sugar.

Natural Bee Feed Sugar Syrup, 40% sugar (sometimes known as 'Thin' or 'Light' syrup), ready to use, supplied in a stackable 10 litre jerry can. Made with pure British sugar (supporting British farm...

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