Visit rules
Veils on, shoes closed, perfume left in the car
If you are coming for a hive morning, you will take a veil from the peg at the gate. We provide the mesh. You provide closed-toe shoes that can take dust, wax drips, and the limestone of the pad. Sandals, heels, and bare feet stay in town.
Long sleeves in a calm colour help. Dark fluffy knitwear collects bees the way a thistle collects goldfinches. Leave scent, hairspray, and open sweet drinks in the car. Children under twelve stay back from open boxes; a parent stays with them. Known venom allergy: write it in the note. We are a food farm, not a clinic.
We cancel in high wind, hard rain, or when a colony is being requeened. If the gate note says the yard is closed, do not walk the pad to see for yourself.