Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey)

Vet/beekeeper/writer. Sustainable, responsible, ethical beekeeping. Honey bee/insect vet medicine. Pollinators. Nature. Education.

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@JaneMedwell @tanya_weaver @warleambees Congratulations 👏

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@BizzleBugs 100% agree, looking forward to it!

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@nthnbeebooks @nathoneyshow @BeekeepingP They're lucky to have an expert roving reporter on location! 🎤

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

Thoroughly enjoyed getting to chair Matthew's talk today. Rare to meet someone who has the scientific skill, business acumen and ability to engage the public so successfully. I look forward to seeing how these many exciting projects develop!

[Pollenize @PollenizeCIC]

Co-Founder Matthew Elmes is delivering a lecture at @nathoneyshow stage about using science to combat pollinator decline. Two legends in the front row! @BeeCraftMag #scillybees #nathoneyshow

[Pollenize @PollenizeCIC]

Co-Founder Matthew Elmes is delivering a lecture at @nathoneyshow stage about using science to combat pollinator decline. Two legends in the front row! @BeeCraftMag #scillybees #nathoneyshow

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

One of the things I love about @nathoneyshow is the lack of hierarchy. We are just members of a family who share a common passion. Here are two hugely inspirational, modest and lovely beekeepers, they happen to be Jeff Pettis President @apimondia and @nicolabradbear @BeesForDev.

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@charnley_dave Congratulations on all your awards Dave!

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

I have a love-hate relationship with Friday @nathoneyshow. On one hand a great programme on the main stage kicking off with veteran bee farmer Willie Robson. On the other, a day of fantastic research lectures hosted by @BeeCraftMag. I guess it's a 'good' predicament to be in?!

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

Always a treat to chat with the hugely knowledgeable and entertaining Jerry Burbridge of @nthnbeebooks. You just have to accept that you will be interrupted by a constant stream of the great and the good, as well as simple book-lovers like me, wanting a few minutes of his time!

[Northern Bee Books 🐝 @nthnbeebooks]

The lovely Chris from @threehareshoney being plied with old bee books by Jerry to review! 📚

Come and browse our new + old bee books at @nathoneyshow Thurs~Sat. Lots of wonderful traders here! 📍 Sandown Park Racecourse, Surrey.

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

Great to be back @nathoneyshow. Stellar day 1 line up, including @apimondia President Jeff Pettis, @nicolabradbear of @BeesForDev, Roger Patterson and @DaveGoulson. Extraordinary beekeeping wisdom and cutting edge science woven together by a common thread. Change. Exciting times!

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@pguythompson @BeeCraftMag Thanks @pguythompson it's people like you that are so inspiring and have made it such a fascinating journey so far. I'm really excited to see where it goes! I look forward to meeting you @nathoneyshow

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

It's been a busy year of reading, discussing, thinking and writing about what being a more #responsible, #sustainable and #ethical #beekeeper might look like. Not much time for actual beekeeping though! I look forward to putting some of this into practice next season @BeeCraftMag

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@BritishVets @VeterinaryRecor @theRCVS @BeeCulture @VeterinaryEdge @britishbee @nthnbeebooks @RoyEntSoc

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

They use a 50:50 approach; harvesting 50% and leaving the rest for the wildlife. The juice was dark, concentrated and surprisingly sweet due to the long dry summer. It takes a team of rangers and volunteers to prune the trees, collect and juice the apples from all the orchards.

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

My #bees live in @NTKillerton #orchards. These contain dozens of traditional varieties of #Devon #cider #apple. They are managed in the traditional way and juiced using a 200 year old press. Fascinating to see an ancient #rural #craft being practiced and #skills handed down.

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@nthnbeebooks @Cornwallbees Really sorry I missed it, was looking forward to it. Been to some great @NatDipB short courses on #bee #diseases and #anatomy with Dan and Ken at #BlackberryHoneyFarm.

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

@AndieHill105 Our neighbour has a quince tree in his garden and it is laden with huge knobbly beautiful fruit. I'm so jealous. I love quince and have failed miserably trying to grow them. I think I'm going to drop a few hints in case he is wondering what to do with them all...

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

Photo doesn't really do it justice, but this sweet chestnut tree has the most incredible spiral trunk.

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Family illness and last-minute daddy duty meant I couldn't get to @Cornwallbees #BitOfADo in #Truro. Very disappointed. Then again, not such a bad day to go #paddling, #rockpooling and #foraging for sweet #chestnuts and #windfall #apples. #Devon #autumn

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

The project only needs ONE bee per apiary. Contact Will Bayfield-Farrell: [email protected] for more info. @britishbee @tivvybeekeepers

[Dr Chris Palgrave (Three Hares Honey) @threehareshoney]

Just received my sampling kit from @PollenizeCIC as part of a #CitizenScience project to genetically profile #Devon's #honey #bees and establish baseline data. Great to hear @NCarreck and @BeebytesCIC give more detail last night. @project_b4 @BeeCraftMag @BayfieldFarrell @DevonCC