Autumn harvest

Hiveshare news: Hiveshare 2017 runs from September 2016, Hiveshare Cert no. 1178 and higher. Lots of 2017 Hivesharers wrote asking could they meet us and collect the honey. So we are arranging a couple of collection points in Dublin - Blackrock and Rathmines during October and November.  

Meet Ailbhe, pick up your Hiveshare and have a chat about the farm and your honey. 

Let us know if you would like to meet and collect your honey - email us honey@brookfield.farm and we'll arrange a suitable collection time and place. Really looking forward to meeting you!

We have now harvested Brookfield Farm honey. We left the bees their share, and we have enough between our harvest and our mentor beekeeper to meet our Hiveshare commitments. Brookfield Farm is now filtering and jarring and packing honey boxes for Hivesharers. A busy, sticky, but very satisfying task.

 There are a few different types of honey, depending on the flowers the bees visited - examples are blackberry and clover, with a contribution from tree blossoms and whitethorn, and some heather and ivy blends. We are allocating where possible different honey types to the Hivesharer allocations, so you can taste the natural differences.  

Do let us know what you think!

Bees and Wild flower meadows 

We were really pleased with our 11 acres of wildflowers sown on the farm this year.

We are planning to sow again next spring.

Brookfield Farm apiaries are working with our excellent mentor beekeepers to ensure your share of pure raw Irish honey from local hives.

We have just treated our hives, as most Irish beekeepers do this time of the year for the varroa mite - there are lots of opinions about best treatment.

The bees are settled after the summer and are happily collecting nectar and pollen from ivy blossoms right now - a very important source for winter stores.

Competition winner!

Marie from Clare has won a selection of our gorgeous handmade beeswax candles.

She was pulled from a raffle at Bloom - we are delighted Marie. Your prize is on its way to you.

Handmade pure beeswax candles

We love making our natural candles - pure beeswax hand poured and hand dipped candles. Have a look at our range - they make super gifts!

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