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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day. St valentine was a beekeeper so buy your loved one a jar of real sweetness

30 jars of Boo’s Bees raw honey fill the photograph. This is the best honey I’ve ever tasted.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Absolutely gorgeous sunrise over the neighbouring farm. We live on a beautiful planet. #sunriseuk

A photo of a red and pink sunrise. With a white farmhouse at the top of an icy path.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Made some cute candles from my girls bees wax. I couldn’t play outside so I kept myself busy!

Three bees wax candles. 2 in the shape of fairy houses and the other has a honey comb pattern

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

1st January 2025. Saying hello and happy new year to the bees is compulsory around here!

My woodland Apiary with 17 hives sitting on wooden tables. The leaves are brown and carpets the woodland floor. On the horizon the morning sun slowly rises to greet them. Happy new year

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy new year to you my friend x

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Question: Do you know what a squirrel and a honey bee have in common?? Have a guess… I will put the answer in the comments #naturequiz #honeybee #beekeeper #localhoney

A furry honey bee sitting on top of a poly hive. With an orange/brown background.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Happy Christmas to you my friend. With love from my hive to yours. May your Christmas be filled with joy, love and peace. Xxxx

A honey bee sitting on a shiny holly berry with snow falling in the background and light shining through her wings.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Just reintroducing myself to my new friends. My name is Vicki. I’m a 50 year old beekeeper from the UK. I love bees, I’m a RHS trained gardener. I grow all my families fruit and veg and I adore my dog. #beekeeper #ilovenature #gardener #localhoney

A black and white photo of myself with my head on a cushion with a bumble bee embroidered onto it. I’ve got shoulder length blonde, brown and grey hair and wear glasses.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Is it just me? When ever I see a bee emerging from their cell. I have to wish it happy birthday and 9/10 sing happy birthday too lol #beekeeper #honeybee #birthday #localhoney

A close up of a frame of capped honey bee brood. In the middle there is a female bee just emerging.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

That feeling next spring when you open up your hives for the first time since Autumn. If you know, you know! ❤️#beekeeper #localhoney #perfection

A frame of bees during spring inspections. It’s laid beautifully by their Queen. With capped brood in the middle, then nectar, bee bread and capped honey around it. It looks like a bee rainbow. This is perfection for beekeepers. All is well in this hive.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I’m enjoying putting my feet up and having some relaxation time. During spring/summer it’s non stop being a beekeeper. Hive inspections and rescuing swarms.

This is me in my beige bee suit gently scooping up bees with my hands. They have swarmed into a tree. There’s probably around 20,000 bees all huddled together looking for a new home

A honey bee swarm with around 20,000 bees in it. They have settled in the bows of an apple tree.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In the glamorous world of beekeeping it important to take care of your back. Some of those supers of honey can weigh up to 20kg. So lifting them from hives that are above your head down to the floor and back up again is tough work… actually it’s not glamorous at all! #beekeeper #rawhoney #❤️nature

It’s me in my bee suit and rubber boots but I am also wearing a back brace. I’m posing sarcastically like a glamorous model. I’m anything but - I’m just a middle aged beekeeper! The picture is in black and white. In the background you can see my kitchen.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

It fascinates me the difference in pollen colours. It’s not just yellow. #beekeeper #pollen #honeybees #localhoney #honeybeefacts

A frame of pollen from one of my hives. Each cell has a different colour of pollen. There’s green, purple, orange, red, so many different shades. It looks like a stained glass window.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Can you see that round white blob with a tiny little larva in it? That’s the start of a queen bee. The white blob is royal jelly and she’s sat in a queen cup. This will be built into a long queen cell. They ‘usually’ found built below brood frames, but not always. #beekeeper #queenbee #nature #hive

Worker bees are busying around a queen bee larvae. The larvae is sat in a queen cup with white royal jelly. She looks like a long grain of pearl white rice.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It’s a cold but sunny day today. My bees will probably pop out for cleansing flights, (that’s a polite way of saying they will leave the hive to have a poo) bees don’t poo in hives ever! Only the queen does, and that gets cleaned up straightaway by her attendants.

A fury honey bee sits on my hand. She is drinking a droplet of sugar water. This is to give her the energy to fly back home to her hive, she got caught out by winters changing temperatures.
She is ever so cute, with her massive black eyes cautiously looking around. She drinks the sugar water using her tongue which is pretty much like a big drinking straw.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I made a new product yesterday. Basically I was in my loft bringing down the Christmas decorations when I found a pair of old boots. I used to wear them all the time. Anyway.. the leather was crispy and faded so I made a beeswax conditioner and they are back baby!!

Old faded brown boot that’s definitely seen better days. The leather is faded and crispy.

After I put my homemade leather conditioner on it it looks fabulous again. The leather is supple and shiny they don’t look new, but they look great!

7 round silver tins sit on a wooden table. The centre tin is open and you can see the bright yellow polish. The tins are positioned to look like a daisy.

A comparison of the boots, they are laid out on a piece of brown hessian sack. One boot without the conditioner and one afterwards. There’s a very big difference between them.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This is me in my home apiary. I love each and every little bee in there. They are magical little beings. #beekeeper #localhoney #rawhoney #ukbeekeeper

This is a picture of me, I’m Vicki a middle aged lady in a full bee suit. It’s beige coloured. There’s hives in the background which are pale blue. Some are individually painted with flowers, hearts and fruit. I’m not a great painter but I try my best. I like to make my bees feel at home.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Here’s one of my queen bees. She is marked pink so I can find her in my hives. They are amazing little creatures #beekeeper #localhoney #nature #gentlebeekeeper

A large queen honey bee with her attendants sitting on a honey frame. The sun glistens on their wings.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Anyone in the north west UK? Pop down on Sunday and try some of my honey!! 🍯

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Dog walks on autumn days are the best!

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This is my fruit and veg plot. I grow all my families food here. If it’s a veg I’ve probably grown it here at some point.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This is my puppy called Sunny. She’s a 9 month old German shepherd. And a complete fluffy goofball lol.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Just introducing my world to you. These are my chicken babies. Spoiled rotten lol they are 6 years old and don’t even lay eggs anymore. I don’t care I love them.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

One of the best swarms of 2024. They just moved into their new house on their own. I love my little bees. ❤️🐝

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

It’s the first of December and I’m actually feeling excited for Crimbo this year.

Fluffy puppy sleeping under the Christmas tree.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Here’s my new apiary. It’s my big project for 2025. I’m so excited to share with my new friends all my adventures here.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Beautiful sunset the other night. We really do live on a magical planet. Tread gently on her.

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Hello I’m a beekeeper from Northern UK. Looking for mates on here.

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