Imy and her bees

27/06/2025

Who’s the luckiest beekeeper? Me! I have had the absolute pleasure of having shoot some photos of me and the girls. She will be following me throughout the year getting even more amazing shots! Here’s a couple that I just had to share with everyone 🐝💛
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Song = Better Together, chosen because the girls and I are better together 💛
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08/05/2025

My first swarm of the year!! I managed to get to them on the 30th of April, and they’re living VERY happily at The Story Pig 🥰🐝
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27/04/2025

With swarm season happening, don’t forget to let me know when you find one! I’m happy to travel within a 30 minute radius of Yeovil, Sherborne and Castle Carey. I’ll come pick up the girls and offer them the best possible home I can! 🐝❤️
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25/04/2025

11/04/2025

Today, my heart is broken. It hurts when you lose a colony, but when they die because someone has sprayed chemicals, it hurts even more. It’s not only honey bees that will die from the chemicals. It’s all the other bees too, from the solitaries to the bumbles. I spoke to the farmer whose field they were in, and he said the field next door (not his) had most likely been sprayed with a w**d killer (I won’t say the name). It’s commonly used in farming and in gardens. It’s publicised to be ‘bee friendly’!! You think you’re only killing w**ds, but you’re killing everything 💔 The farmer phoned another beekeeper (roughly a mile away), and all 5 of her colonies have died too. Bees will fly within a 3-5 mile radius, so this field was very much in their reach. This particular treatment contains glyphosate, which is the killer. The UK currently has an expiry date for it, being December 2025… The UK government could choose to renew it!
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16/01/2025

I have gone and created a TikTok account for the bees! - have a look at my link tree and you can find the link there 🥰🐝 The video is one I have posted before, but used TikTok to create a slight voice over!
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I have also had a phone call a couple of days ago from a gentleman that has found an exposed bee colony! I’ll be visiting them soon to see if I can help. Keep your eyes peeled!
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I am also working on getting all my candles online & available for ordering! So many things in the works…
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Love to all from myself and the girls 🐝❤️
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13/10/2024

Cool photo of the difference in size between wasp and our native Hornet.

At this time of year they enjoy the sugars of the apples, before nearly all the wasps and hornets will die off

Different to bees where the colony exists over the winter, wasps and hornet queens will hibernate somewhere safe.

10/10/2024

Tonight, I had the final pieces arrive to put together my first physical product that I can sell from my girls!! I have to admit, I feel so proud of myself and my girls that we have been able to do this! My own logo, my own name, on a product I have made using my girls’ beeswax! 🥹🐝❤️ Hard work does pay off!!
You’ll be able to find me on Sherborne Beekeepers Association stall on Monday the 14th, 2-finish at Pack Monday Fair, where you’ll be able to purchase all my new candles 🥳🐝
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07/10/2024

One of my favourite bee jobs in 2024 was at OSR Projects (for many reasons). It was extremely hot that day, and we were dripping with sweat (I wish this was an exaggeration). However, the wonderful owner of OSR, Chantelle, treated us to ice creams! I was moved to tears when she gave me one!
These bees were much easier to move when compared to the ones at West Country Cars! There were two bee colonies in the roof cavity, which I had anticipated. As I was transferring the honeycomb into one of the green nucs, I noticed that the bees' behaviour indicated that they had a queen in that box (I was very excited). However, the remaining bees in the cavity were still indicating that there was a queen in there. So, I started searching and eventually found her, right under my nose! I placed her in a queen cage (it looks like a hair clip). Queens cannot pass through the gaps in the queen cage, but workers can. This way, the queen can still be cared for, fed, and kept safe. I placed her in the nuc, and the bees quickly started to spread her pheromones.
Later that evening, I returned to collect both boxes (both still full of bees) and took them back to my house. There, I released the queen from the cage and monitored them for a while before transferring their wild comb into frames and placing them into proper hives. They both happily live in their hives, instead of a roof cavity.
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02/10/2024

Fly? No. Bee? Yes! A male furrow bee, to be specific.
The most fascinating thing about this type of bee, is that depending on the latitude, they can either be solitary or live in colonies (fancy word for colonies is eusocial)! Crazy cool and totally underrated (like all bees).
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28/09/2024

Well, this roof removal was rather dramatic! As I was removing them, their behaviour didn't add up. I couldn't work out why for the longest time, however, one thing that the bees have taught me is to take 5 minutes and just be. So, I moved out of their way and spent time thinking about everything I had been told about these girls - they had been in this roof for at least 9 years, hadn't swarmed this year, and the cavity they were in was HUGE. Then it clicked, they had multiple queens! If you read a textbook, it will say that hives are only meant to have one queen! However, I like to remind people that bees can't read. So, I ended up having 3 boxes and attempting to spread out all the comb evenly; making sure they all had honey and brood. Once I gave, what I thought was only 2 queens, a box each (plus a spare box for any unused comb), I left the boxes there for the rest of the bees to find their way to their queen. I cleared up the rest of the comb into the spare box and double-checked all crevices/cavities to ensure there were no more colonies left.
When I returned at roughly 21:30, I wrapped up the two boxes that definitely had colonies in them and took them to my car. Then, I went back up to check all of the cavities, only to find a THIRD colony! At this point, it was about 22:00 and almost pitch black! Luckily for me, I have a very good torch! I managed to gather them all up, put them into my spare box, and within minutes they all made their way into their temporary home. I then took them to their new homes and they were very happy! Fingers crossed they all make it through the winter!
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