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To Bee or not to Bee

Very exciting news- we have some new bees! Unfortunately the last hive died out in the horrible extended winter we had. As they were quite a late swarm we reckon they didn’t build up enough strength to last through the unusually cold spring weather, despite Farmer Paul’s best efforts to feed them. Poor bees! Anyway, here we are with a new swarm, picked up by Dave and introduced into their new hive on the...
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Our version of events…happy shiny CropSharers!

First, let me start off with some quotes from the mind of Farmer Paul (@waterlanderman on twitter) that he posted to his blog … “The morning wasn’t too bad, first thing…..Then the sun disappeared completely . The wind got up . I handed out my spare coats to all and sundry to keep their rapidly cooling bodies warm . I then handed out new potato sacks , then old potato sacks and finally some were...
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