That grey paper ball in the soffit looks permanent. By late September the traffic has dropped, the evenings are colder, and the advice is always the same: leave it, wasps don’t come back to an old nest. The first half of that sentence is true. The second half is where the confusion starts. Do wasp
Do Wasp Nests Come Back Next Year? Read More »
If a wasp has just gone into a pint in West Bridgford, or a yellow-and-black stream is vanishing into the soffit, you are not imagining the change. Late summer is when wasps sting more often, and when they turn up on drinks, bins, fallen fruit and, if you keep bees, at the hive entrance. It
Why Wasps Sting More in Late Summer—When a Nest Needs Removing Read More »
If you’ve only ever bought a squeezy bottle of runny honey, creamed honey can look like a different product. The jar is opaque. The honey sits still. A spoon stands up in it. People ask whether cream has been stirred in, or whether it’s just set honey with a prettier name. It isn’t dairy. It
What Is Creamed Honey? Why It’s So Smooth? Read More »
A cheap supermarket candle is usually paraffin. It lights quickly, smells of whatever oil was poured into the wax, and sits in a glass jar for £3. A beeswax candle looks quieter. It’s often gold rather than white. It costs more. And if you’ve never burned one, you may wonder whether the extra money is
What Are Beeswax Candles? Why Choose Beeswax Over Paraffin Read More »
This is one of the first questions people ask when a jar turns thick. If set honey looks more “natural”, does that mean it is better for you than runny honey? The honest answer is simpler than the internet usually makes it. Set honey is not automatically healthier than runny honey. If both jars started
Is Set Honey Healthier Than Runny Honey? Read More »
Set honey looks after itself better than most foods in the kitchen. That is one of the quiet advantages of a naturally crystallised jar. It does not need the fridge to stay safe, and it will not suddenly “go off” because it has turned thick. What storage does change is texture. Keep it well and
How to Store Set Honey Properly and How Long It Lasts Read More »