ETHICAL BEE Company

No, its not a female bee, nor the Queen, and this isn't its actual size, it's approximately 1mm in diameter. Varroa jacobsoni and the...

The UK is the biggest importer of honey in Europe. 47,000 tons of honey a year comes from China. Chinese honey contains chloramphenicol...

This week I searched three of my hives for a Queen who was to accompany 5 frames of brood that had been boxed up this week to be sold. In...

To my customers, Thanks for your patience. And Thankyou very much for ordering bee’s from me. I hope you find them as placid, productive...

I am not trying to shock you, but this is what half a colony of dead bee's looks like. If this were down to pesticide use I would have to...

I read an article recently that claimed that there were too many bee’s in London to support the amount of forage available. London is...

As you are aware Ethical Bee Co will be selling over wintered bee’s with new good queens this year. The process is simple you call up to...

I was asked by a fellow beekeeper today “ Do you sell fondant ?”. I couldn’t believe it. Why buy feed when you can make your own? Why...

If you have been following the progress of the Ethical Bee company you will know that we have gone from strength to strength since the...

I have been asked to give training this winter, so for the advanced programme price of 14 hours the course will be £210 per person. Here...

A day in four pictures. I’m investing for 2022, so are you ready to become an enthusiastic beekeeper? Do you have the potential to do...

A quarter of a million bee's later and its time to say good bye to the season and also several hives next year. You have six courses to...

Every time I mention my bee’s people ask me about honey. Some people claim its unethical to extract or steal honey from a bee hive. Bee’s...

Last week I gave a one to one course to Stephan, this customer was the best trainee bee keeper I’ve met over the last few years. We...

Its been a strange summer of heat waves and unpredictable weather. Desite this , my Queens have passed the peak of bee production in June...

It was the wettest May on record and our bee's did not like the weather. It meant they could not forage and had to be fed throughout the...

The apiary is going from strength to strength and a breeding programme has been started. An advanced course was marketed and will run....

You’ve done everything right. There is activity around your hive. Your bee’s have survived the winter. As Spring approaches we have not...

You might not have time to keep an eye on your Hive or Hives throughout the winter. The bottom line is that in a healthy hive,...

Keep it simple folks and keep learning...... A healthy bee colony may not want to leave its home territory. Its society is established,...