I have just returned from another round of watering our youngest trees on the land… It’s been a summer of periods of very dry weather and torrential downpours. Sadly for some of our broadleaf trees our watering efforts came too late. We have also finished defining the Northern Heath areas – this involved a lot […]
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FHT Apiary Update: A New Home for our Bee Equipment
Despite a frightfully cold May where we needed to feed our four overwintered hives of bees to keep them alive, we now are in the healthy position of having eleven hives in our apiary up by the wind turbines and should have some honey for sale come September – watch this space! We have also […]
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Baby Owls Born in the Findhorn Hinterland
Somewhere in the hinterland beyond the Findhorn Ecovillage at the Park lives a mysterious creature. It has ears like a cat, it meows like a cat and it appears much larger than a cat. Do you know what it might be? It is the Long-Eared Owl (also known as the cat owl) – one of […]
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National Honey Monitoring Scheme
The Findhorn Apiary participates in the National Honey Monitoring Scheme, which is important research making use of the foraging of honey bees to monitor environmental changes. We are delighted to be part of the Scheme. We receive interesting information about which plants our bees have been visiting, derived from DNA analysis of the honey. In […]
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FHT Chair’s Spring Roundup
By Jonathan Caddy There are many things going on connected with the FHT this spring both on the land and within the organisation. Here is a brief roundup of some that may interest you: EWG Work Party – The Trust is in the process of securing a small grant from Volunteering Matters to help us […]
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FHT Membership Secretary
By Dr Arunkumar Patel The year 2020 was an interesting year that gave me opportunity to ask, “What is important to me? What is my purpose in life at the physical spot I am in? How can I become useful to ‘worldly causes’ that builds a better future for generations to come?” Having spent most […]
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FHT Conservation Hub
By Jonathan Caddy Finally a physical base for the Findhorn Hinterland Trust and its good work is on the horizon! It has been thought about for over five years – a meeting place for our regular volunteering and educational events, an important space to present educational information to local people and visiting public as well […]
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A bee’s view of life at the Findhorn Apiary
I live at the Findhorn Apiary with my sisters and cousins. About 100,000 of us lived through last winter, in eight hives and were delighted that all eight colonies were healthy and ready for spring. In the autumn we had been given plenty of lovely thick sugar syrup to fill our combs, so we had […]
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A bee’s view of life at the Findhorn Apiary August 21
The previous report from the Findhorn Apiary was from my great aunt. She hatched last autumn and had the important role, along with about 10,000 of her sisters, of keeping the colony sustained through the winter. She had to help keep the colony warm and the queen fed ready for laying in the spring. Then […]