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Farm update; haskap harvest and how we keep the bees safe in winter

Farm update; haskap harvest and how we keep the bees safe in winter

2021 Update:
Talking about bees and how to keep them safe during winter, you can also take a look at an informative article on Mining Bees in the UK on Bee Life

Original article

After much love and care, our soil, plants, and Bees have gifted us with a Bountiful Harvest season!

Our Johanna Harvester gliding along our haskap rows, collecting our ripe berries.

Up the conveyor and blown clean of debris, our haskap berries happily fill our bins!

We snuggle our haskap plants in veils of netting, for there are hungry Waxwing awaiting!

Harvest is over, netting is all collected, and our farm is preparing for winter, along with our Bees collecting the last of their food stores!

 

Autumn in all its glory is upon us with winter to soon follow

Harvest is over and our plants are going dormant, and preparing for winter

With all the leaves fallen off, this is a great opportunity to prune for future growth!

 

Preparing our Bees for winter, making sure they have their frames full of food to see them through to Spring! 

Our Bees are all snuggled in for the winter as our first snow falls start

From Harvest to a gorgeous winter blanket.  Happy Holidays.  Cheers to our next season in 2020!!!