Animal Spotlight: Bees

The bee is perhaps not the first thing that jumps into the mind when thinking about farm animals, but they are absolutely essential to the growing of many crops.

At Broadward Hall Farm, we maintain borders of wildflowers to attract and support bees. This bumble bee was enjoying our specially-planted Phacelia flowers so much it kindly allowed me to photograph it (after 45 minutes of trying).

Artisan organic beekeepers now keep hives on our land, which provides us with a valuable plant pollination service while also producing delicious organic meadow honey.