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Are you a local beekeeper? Would you like to be involved in our work? SHCG have discovered honeybees that are able to do two types of Hygienic Varroa Control: 1. Grooming mites from each other …

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  Can you, your company or your organisation afford £350 to help  SAVE THE HONEYBEE?   Your money will buy one full set of equipment, comprising a 5-frame nucleus beehive with mesh floor and inspection …

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6th January 2019 I am amazed — I have found it impossible to raise funding to further my research as it seems money goes to research labs where there may be an end product. I …

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The Benefits of Honey

Honey is a stable food with many benefits. Consuming local varieties may help fend off allergies so always try to buy your honey from your local beekeepers, their product will be well worth the extra you may have to pay over the cost of supermarket imported honey. Read their label. Cheap imports are seldom of …

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About Bees (for the inexperienced)

How do honeybees make honey? A honeybee visits a flower which contains nectar which is much like sugar water. The bee then sucks up the nectar with it’s proboscis which acts like a straw. To make honey two things must happen. Inside the bee’s stomach the nectar is broken down, the bee produces an enzyme …

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