White heather and bees

Sunflower

Van Gogh‘ by Thompson & Morgan which shaded out much smaller ‘Irish Eyes‘

World Bee Day

“The Slovenian Beekeepers in 2017 proposed to the United Natons (UN) to declare May 20 a World Bee Day. In Slovenia, May 20th is known as the birthday of Anton Janša (1734-1773), the pioneer of modern beekeeping. Janša was the first teacher of modern beekeeping in the world, he was appointed by the Habsburg Empress […]

Visiting Bees

Swarm

Driving into a car park, noticed a beekeeper in his wellys trying to get a swarm of bees into a wicker basket. Someone had noticed the bees resting on the ground and had called him out. He said that probably the Queen had just got tired. He folded the hessian over the wicker pot, […]

Poached Egg Plants and visiting Bees

Bee Girl

Link to handmade Bee Girl Funny how things happen, this came about because someone asked me if would like to bring my things to a garden where they were having an open day to do with bees and a Chelsea Fringe event and when i tried to make a cuddly bee, it looked […]

Beehives

Help to increase land farmed organically

If everyone in the UK spent just £10 more on organic products each year, then the market would increase by around 30% – securing more land to be farmed in an environmentally sustainable, bee-friendly way! Just buy at least one extra organic item in your weekly shopping this September.