BEES & TEAMWORK AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
We took the bees and the buzz to the 2025 Chelsea Flower Show!
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WHY THE FIGHT FOR AUTHENTICITY CONTINUES
"Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test"Read nowReported The Guardian this week.The honey industry faces new demands to overhaul its supply chain after more than 90% of sampled products bought from large British retailers failed pioneering authenticity tests.This included major honey brands and supermarkets. The tests found that 24 out of the 25 jars of honey from retailers were considered suspicious. All five samples from UK beekeepers were considered to be genuine. -
Bee Garden Party 2023
Read nowDo as the bees do... Community. Teamwork. Partnership. In the world of bees, you can never speak in singular form. Each of them makes an individual contribution, but the goal is for the common good. Such would be our approach...
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Pot Collection for Balcony or Patio
Read nowPLANTING SCHEMES for Small Spaces and Pollinators: Pots are an extremely versatile way of getting variety and colour into a small garden space. Don’t let them dry out in sun or windy conditions and remember that large pots can become...
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SUNNY HERB & FLORAL WINDOW BOX DESIGN
Read nowPLANTING SCHEMES for Small Spaces and Pollinators: We can’t always choose which way our house and gardens face. When planting a window box, we should consider the amount of sunlight and the impact of wind. Window boxes dry out quickly and...
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What is World Bee Day?
The 20th May is World Bee Day. A day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of bees and other pollinators, that are increasingly under threat from human activities.Read now -
SLOW & SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING: OUR VISION
Read nowSeasons like this spring, we know what slow beekeeping really means: dependence on natural forces and working only with what we have, to protect what we've got.
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Earn Your Stripes & Celebrate Solitary Bee Week
Read nowWe are delighted to be supporting Solitary Bee Week by helping to spread the word about the incredible diversity of bees which are native to the UK - there are over 240 in total and only one species, the honeybee, makes honey.
Obviously we love British honey and British honeybees but we also find all the other species of British bees fascinating and we think you'll love them too once you get to know them!
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We Talk Bees Needs with Sarah Raven
Read nowThis week, the 9th to the 15th of July, is Bees Needs Week 2018, coordinated by Defra. It is a yearly spotlight on the food and housing needs of our bee species - of which there are approximately 220 different species in the UK! The week is just one part of a wider National Pollinator Strategy.
We caught up with bee-loving gardening author and TV presenter Sarah Raven to get her top tips on gardening for Bees Needs.
