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103 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3XB

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Dale Gibson
Beekeeping and Apis Consulting
dale@bermondseystreetbees.co.uk

@bstreetbees
@bermondseybees
@apisconsult

Please note that we do not offer swarm collection services.
Visit bbka.org.uk/swarm for your nearest collector.

Sarah Wyndham Lewis
Press, Events, Sales, Honey Sommelier
Tel: 07836 592415
sarah@bermondseystreetbees.co.uk

@sarahwyndham.lewis
@plantingforhoneybees
@honeysommelierlondon

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Spring has sprung. @janehorrocks_official @plantin

Spring has sprung.
@janehorrocks_official @plantingforhoneybees

If you’ve got it, flaunt it ...@guildoffinefood

If you’ve got it, flaunt it ...@guildoffinefood

Spring’s on the way. Who do you know who’d lik

Spring’s on the way. Who do you know who’d like to get their green fingers flicking through this gorgeous book in preparation for planting up a pollinator-friendly patch of their own? Whether it’s a window-sill, a patio or a garden, the antidote to the lockdown blues - is green ! #plantingforpollinators #lockdownantidote #bermondseystreetbees #plantingforhoneybees #greenfingers #spring #gardening

Out there, it’s business as usual. #pollination

Out there, it’s business as usual. #pollination #businessasusual #bermondseystreetbees #

A beekeeping whodunnit: this last-generation @arni

A beekeeping whodunnit: this last-generation @arniabee monitor (generously provided by @worldbeeproject ) was on a stand under a strong hive. About a month ago, the data signal dropped & we found all 9 electrical cables & the aerial thoroughly nibbled & gnawed through. A mystery ! #nibbledandgnawed #whodunnit #arnia #chompedandchawed #mystery #cutoff #bermondseystreetbees #sharpteeth #signaldropped

Our Honey HQ set up for our @guildoffinefood Great

Our Honey HQ set up for our @guildoffinefood Great Taste Award entry blind-tasting. We take the business of authentic honey seriously: we taste, we test, we teach. This is a celebration of the unique, unblended flavour and texture of each honey from our 14 different apiary sites. #rawhoney #realhoney #authentichoney #unblendedhoney #honeytasting #honeysommelier #honeysommelierlondon #honeyhq #greattasteawards #guildoffinefood #bermondseystreetbees

“Clingstone” is a new word for Valentine’s D

“Clingstone” is a new word for Valentine’s Day. In jam-making, it describes how a damson plum stone “clings” to the fruit. Here are the stones from my allotment damson jam (with our Bishop Stortford Waterside honey), removed pre-cook & bagged in muslin to provide the pectin, while avoiding the cling factor. Quaint. #jam #jammadewithhoney #clingstone

The best brands only need brown paper. Thanks to @

The best brands only need brown paper. Thanks to @bjsherriff for a much-needed refurb of our veteran “Apiarist” beesuits ahead of the new bee season. Admirable recycling, too: our beesuits were returned to us in the very same repurposed brown packaging in which we’d sent them! #recycling #repurposed #repaired #refurbished #brownpaper #zerowaste #beebrands #sustainablebeekeeping

Playing “Happy Families” with five generations

Playing “Happy Families” with five generations of our 2020 @guildoffinefood 3-star Great Taste Award Exmoor Wildflower Honey. Mini-jars for hampers, 330g jars for retail, 1kg bucket for @chapter_72 ‘s builder, 2.5kg bucket for @kingscollege.london , 5kg chefs’ bucket for @petershamnurseries . #happyfamilies #familyportrait #bermondseystreetbees #fivegenerations #exmoorwildflowerhoney #chefsbuckets

The calm before the storm. #winterapiary #architec

The calm before the storm.
#winterapiary #architecture #rawhoney #superstorage

As well as seizing the opportunity to raise standa

As well as seizing the opportunity to raise standards for imported honey (86% of UK consumption), let’s be vigilant to ensure that the government delivers on promises to phase out CAP subsidy payments to farmers (based on acreage) & phase in payments rewarding biodiversity gain. #honey #rawhoney #realhoney #raisestandards #subsidizebiodiversity #bevigilant #bermondseystreetbees #honeysommelierlondon #

Today’s weather confirmed the notion that every

Today’s weather confirmed the notion that every cloud has a silver lining. Just as well, since warm, sunny intervals between torrents of rain allowed @bbcnews London to film at our Gallions Reach apiary. Judging by the bees and the buds, soon we’ll be able to say with confidence: “Spring is coming”.

This is one jab you’d definitely rather not have

This is one jab you’d definitely rather not have! #nowaitinglist

The word “exponential” springs to mind, lookin

The word “exponential” springs to mind, looking at the upswing of European Foulbrood (EFB) bee disease in London over the last 6 years. This bacterial disease is tough to eradicate: proximity is one factor, inability to diagnose the disease is another. One for the SAGE Committee? #contagion #EFB #europeanfoulbrood #exponential #thebeeaxis #Melissococcus plutonius #trending

I’m old enough to remember a time when ATMs disp

I’m old enough to remember a time when ATMs dispensed used banknotes, rather than crisp new ones. Even so, I was dismayed to have an older £20 note rejected for payment at the Co-op for being “too crinkly”. (At least I think it was the note which the cashier was referring to...) #legaltender #toocrinkly #

Aptly-named @JoyPortobello backlights our raw sing

Aptly-named @JoyPortobello backlights our raw single-origin honeys on its shelves, displaying their diversity of colours and textures & hinting at their terroir-driven flavours. Why settle for blended, industrially-processed supermarket honey when you could jump for Joy instead ? #joyatportobello #rawhoney #singleoriginhoney #jumpforjoy #bermondseystreetbees #sustainablebeekeeping

Do not adjust your set. This is a delightful snaps

Do not adjust your set. This is a delightful snapshot of a varroa board, removed from under the mesh floor of a beehive. There’s a smattering of dead varroa mites & 3 dark stripes indicating strong brood, while the outer bands show lighter wax debris from feeding on honey stores. This is all a beekeeper needs to see to be happy in January. #januhappy #bermondseystreetbees #dontopenthehives #varroaboard #varroa #lowmitedrop #donotadjustyourset

Slumgum. The sticky residue from the filtration of

Slumgum. The sticky residue from the filtration of beeswax. It looks a bit like Christmas pudding, it’s sticky with honey, propolis and the pupal “shirts” of baby bees. In our zero waste world, it makes a great fire-lighter. And what’s not to like about the word itself ? Slumgum. #slumgum #zerowaste #pupalshirts #firelighter #earworm #beekeeping #quaintbeekeepingterminolgy #sustainablebeekeeping #bermondseystreetbees

NHS advice: if you’ve completely lost your sense

NHS advice: if you’ve completely lost your sense of taste and smell, you should get a COVID-19 test, then stay at home until you get the results.

But the good news is that, deprived of your sense of taste and smell, you’d probably enjoy this 85p jar of “a blend of non-EU honeys” #tastelessjoke #badtastejoke #actuallyawfultastejoke

Just out! A neat graphic of our raw London Metro h

Just out! A neat graphic of our raw London Metro honey on the front cover of The Great Taste Book 2020-2021 from @guildoffinefood . Nice to see a front page with something to celebrate nowadays.... #greattasteawards #guildoffinefood #londonhoney #bestlondonhoney #frontpagenews #readallaboutit

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