Hosting Honey bees on your Farm

baler-twine

Member
Would you all consider Hosting a beefarme'rs bees on your farms to improve your crop yield and quality as diversification, I am told it ticks a green box as well. I am in SouthWitshire, Salisbury Area

Yes absolutely. Our Bee Keeper left a few years ago
 

Sid

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
Must have getting on for 50 hives across the farm here and it's a pleasure to have the keeper here.

4-5 pots of honey a year is a perfectly acceptable "rent".
We get a payment in weight of honey per hive per year. We have 12 hives on each block of land.

I would love to have some hives here so if you know anyone near Exeter Devon then shout. Used to have a chap who ran a few hives on but he passed away some years back.
Try Paddy at Quince honey farm South Molton. I don't know if he travels that far but may know someone or ask at a show as tgey usually have a bee keepers stand


We don't fence the hives off. We were told by the keeper that if you do and cattle get in there with loads of grass around the hives they knock them over, whereas free access they graze contented around them.
 

Jerry

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Devon
Try Paddy at Quince honey farm South Molton. I don't know if he travels that far but may know someone or ask at a show as tgey usually have a bee keepers stand

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Found a local chap in village. Got 2 hives here now with aiming for about 10 by end of summer.
 

capfits

Member
A few guys up here love to get their hives on the edge of the heather in July/August. Well worth helping for a delicious comb of lovely aromatic heather honey.
Kinda wish I had the time to do them myself. Perhaps when the kids leave home.
 
A few guys up here love to get their hives on the edge of the heather in July/August. Well worth helping for a delicious comb of lovely aromatic heather honey.
Kinda wish I had the time to do them myself. Perhaps when the kids leave home.
Heather sites are always interesting, just put them up and I will try and match a beefarmer to you.
Thanks All
 

andrew_yorks

New Member
Hi all, we're a small bee farm looking for some more permanent sites or some OSR sites for next spring, both in the North Yorkshire area. PM me if interested, cheers
 
May be interested in hosting hives.
On the edge of a heather moor near Helmsley.

I think the hives would want a small fenced area to stop the sheep knocking them over.

Does this area have to be deducted from bps claim or are bees agricultural?
 
I’m really surprised that you haven’t had any response TripleSix.

It’s fantastic when farmers offer up sites. I’m always on the hunt for suitable sites around my neck of the woods.
 

shbees

New Member
Hi everyone. I'm a bee keeper based in Stoke Hammond near Milton Keynes and was wondering if anyone in the area was interested in allowing me to place a few hives on their land.
 

Kiwi Pete

Member
Livestock Farmer
What makes a site for a beehive more suitable than others? I would not be against the idea of having them one day.
The local bee-keep told me he was looking for shelter, and the bees would prefer to travel north to work (south for you ;) )

So the hives here are tucked in behind a row of poplar, under a small bank, in a clover paddock... and we are on the south side of town where we are.
Oh, and all-weather access, which is often a factor around here on some properties, Trev has some horror stories about steep bits on wet days :whistle:

Nice to have bees about, as many have said time can be a factor but well worth donning a suit and watching an expert if you can make the time, truly fascinating.
 

shbees

New Member
What makes a site for a beehive more suitable than others? I would not be against the idea of having them one day.
As kiwi Pete says the Bee's like to be south facing to get the most of the sunshine. They need to be sheltered from wind and frosts and general public view to stop thefts etc. Vehicle access is required as some of the kit is heavy when full of honey and it needs to be possible to gain access at any time as you don't necessarily know when you might need to get o the bee's.
 

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