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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 · 22/01/2025

Do they have an onsite bee keeper? I didn’t know that!

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

That smile and skills too!! ❤️

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It doesn’t help they are all pale blue! lol it was the biggest pot and cheapest masonry paint I could afford!! lol 5lts covered 25 hives. lol they do look like little fridges though 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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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 · 09/01/2025

Just with moulds the hardest part is rendering down all the cappings. I don’t have all the posh equipment so it takes ages x

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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 · 03/01/2025

He’s just trying to buy the planet so he can send his ugly satellites to fill the sky and watch our every move. He’s a psycho.

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

some hives have eaten bits others haven’t touched it. They’ve been out a lot this week as it’s been mild and dry compared to the rest of the uk. Plenty of gorse in bloom too

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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

How far away are you from me? I’ve got my Bolton apiary and now my Stranraer one. Xx

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

I sell packages of bees. I’ve not had a lot of chance to do queen rearing but I’m going to have a go this year. I’m retiring from gardening so I can concentrate on my girls!! ❤️❤️ my worry is I rear a load of queens and no one wants any! Then I’ve got even more bees to find hives for!! Bee maths is 😵‍💫

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

The Answer: A squirrel has the same number of hairs as a honey bee, with around 3 million individual pieces of hair. Awwww ❤️🐝❤️

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

If you see any good deals let me know! Simon the bee keeper had some fondant bundles which tempted me. 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

Oh they are so cute! 🥰

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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 · 14/12/2024

So in the northwest winter pretty much lasted until April then we had a few days relief from cold and drizzle so I could do some hive inspections. Then winter returned for the rest of the year.I honestly thought it would be a disaster year but they went hell for leather in late summer (wet but warm)

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

Oh thank god a safe face!! Honestly all you get around here is people DMing you trying to sell you investments or scam you lol it’s like the wild west!! Xxxxx

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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 · 13/12/2024

Omg is this my mate from instagram!? Xxxx

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

Oh that’s so true! The clock needs to move slower for us beekeepers lol

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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 · 10/12/2024

I’ve got 26 colonies… I only really thought I’d have one hive… then things got crazy!! lol just as well I love chaos.

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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 · 08/12/2024

Every year, every month, every inspection they teach us something new. I find them endlessly fascinating and endearing ❤️

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Vicki @boosbees.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Not in the uk. Here the queen slows down her laying and the colonies grow smaller. So they can ration their stores over winter. Once spring arrives and the dandelions start to bloom the queen grows the colony and this then prompts any swarming etc.

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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

You won independence so you would never have to care about my opinion? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 but you do understand that the internet is a worldwide thing, it’s not just for the USA? Furthermore I doubt the opinion of one British women was on their mind mate at the time. Omg

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

I don’t doubt it for one second. It happened with brex5hit in the uk. People haven’t quite caught up with how social media can manipulate our tiny monkey brains. Misinformation on socials needs fixing big time.

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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 · 06/12/2024

You missed the R from the last word on your statement. Apart from that, you’re good to go. Xxx

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

Oh right thank you. It’s not international news. Xxxx

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

What is happening? Who is celebrating someone dying? What’s the tea?

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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 · 05/12/2024

I’m the the UK so I’d say the fat old orange one. He’s as thick as pig 💩.

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