Purple Hive Bees is a joint venture of Steve Welch and Elizabeth Watt. Steve loves his bees and Ruis Dair Farm is well situated for beekeeping with little cropland but lots of wild food sources within a 5km radius. Elizabeth wanted to help and suggested they work together to expand the number of hives and market product. For right now there is honey. Lots of raw wildflower honey. Future products will include creamed honey, beeswax and handmade soap incorporating beeswax and honey. Steve also raises Shetland Sheep and Elizabeth is a handspinner. Shearing happened in July 2020 and there will be fleeces available shortly.
We are currently under construction, please excuse the mess. When the dust settles (there does seem to be lot of it as Elizabeth learns to set up a website right before your eyes) we will use this blog to share about our adventures with the bees and Shetland Sheep and creating products from them.