ETHICAL BEE Company

Who do you know who has died this month?   Telling the bee’s is an ancient custom, when you go to your bee’s and tell them about who has...

You may wonder why I am writing about Dubai, well, surprisingly enough they actually keep bee’s there and the International Meeting of...

If you are looking for a good stocking filler presents this year there is no better choice than pure beeswax candles. I’ve made and sold...

If you own bee's there are two things you must do this year Wrap your hives with insulation, or use an insulation board and feed your...

I read an article on this recently and I will address it in a simple honest way.   Bee keeping is not simple, its actually hard work, not...

Why would you do a shook swarm? To discourage swarming and disease The shook swarm method is used in beekeeping to switch a colony of...

“Paradox of our age, totally.” A quote from the Dali Lama, a wise old man, but he doesn’t keep bees ! The paradox is that we are richer...

After many years of beekeeping and the challenges and struggles that I’ve faced, I’m scaling down my operations. At my height I had ONE...

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Easter. You should have done your first annual inspection by now, and know what state...

Dont waste time. If you have not checked your bee hives already, they may not have made it over the winter and died. Check your beehives...

Did you know there are 102 million managed bee colonies in the world ? Personally I have limited stocks of UK bred high quality calm,...

Just a quick message to all my customers. Past, present and future. Thankyou very much for supporting independant small businesses like...

Hi, It's the rock climbing apiarist here, as one of my friends and customers call me. After a very strange weather wise (cool and wet in...

I was going to tell you all about summer and progress in the apiary, but there hasn’t been much of a summer, just lots of rain after a...

Join me this Saturday for a great Experience. The course is in the City of Leicester and starts at 10pm and Finishes at 4 pm. It's a day...

Hello there , thankyou for reading this months Blog. Above you can see Mike, a trainee beekeeper at the apiary last week, helping me out....

May is synonymous with swarming. Swarming is the beekeepers nightmare. There is a lot of theory about managing and preventing swarming....

PRICES Residential Price ( limited space including full English Breakfast) £240 Non Residential Price £ 199 including BBQ The courses...

January is the month you go down the pub and contemplate the forthcoming year. It’s a very quiet month for beekeepers. Of course if you...

A Happy New year to you all . It's been a successful 2022 and I'm looking forward to supplying more customers with some wonderful bees...