This year’s Taster Day is now FULL and regretfully we can not accept further bookings. More…
Asian Hornet – new BBC Film Report
This short film report provides a glimpse of the issues facing the honey bee in the UK, if this non-native and REPORTABLE hornet becomes established here. More…
Found a Clustered Swarm of Bees?
Think you have seen a clustered honey bee swarm? We can attempt to capture and remove a newly clustered swarm of Honey bees … on NO account swat, spray or try to move the swarm yourselves … More…
Members Honey For Sale
Looking for local honey made by local bees and offered for sale by local beekeepers? Some of our Members are able to offer products from their hives for sale either ‘from the door’, or from small local village stores or market stalls. More…
Out-Apiaries … Hives in Your Garden?
Able to have hives in your own large garden, orchard or field, but unable to devote the time or investment to be an actual Beekeeper? Could you provide one of our beekeepers with an ‘Out-Apiary’ site for one or two (or more!) hives? More…
Bird Boxes & Bumble Bees
Our Honeybee Swarm Collection Coordinator provides this update to his advice first published last year about dealing with the newly arrived Tree Bumblebee that has a particular preference for nesting in bird boxes and can be very aggressive …. More…
Practical Training
Teaching Apiary meetings take place every week (weather permitting), from the first week in April to the end of August on Wednesday evenings starting at 6.30pm. The apiary itself will typical house approximately 12 hives, which … More…
Food for Foragers
One very direct way that everyone with a garden, large or small, can help the honeybees is to grow a selection of some of the plants that honeybees are particularly fond of as sources of nectar or pollen or both. More…
Honey Straight From The Producer
The Dance of the Honeybee
Get the Buzz, Become a Beekeeper
The Global Threat to Honeybees
Treating Cancer with Honey?
Asian Hornet identified in UK
Sighting of the Asian hornet confirmed in Gloucestershire – the first time it has been discovered in the UK. Smaller than our native hornet, the Asian hornet poses no greater risk to human health than a bee. However, they do pose a risk to honey bees. More…
