ETHICAL BEE Company

It’s been a fortnight since my last hive inspections and the successful course I gave in June. During my last course this is what my course participents said " Would recommend the course to others " "It was worth more than £30" "What a Fantastic Day " " I learned so much" With such great feedback from the attendee’s, why not sign up for my next course in August? The weather over the last few last days has been mixed after a lovely few days Many

Saturday 27th June proved to be a highly successful training day. Everyone enjoyed themselves, which is what bee keeping is all about. A bee convention took place with a lot of knowledge being shared by several new bee keepers. It was a great opportunity for people interested in bee keeping to learn lots. The days training session was broken up due to poor weather conditions, pouring rain for much of the day actually. At midday the rain temporarily stopped and the course atte

There have been swarms of bee's in the Sainsbury's on Melton Road Leicester recently, if only someone had given me a call. You can't bee FREE bee's. They swarm because they are breeding and may have been mismanged. Swarms only usually occur in April and May, but we can blame the government for this one, as I guess the lock down has affected peoples abilities to manage their bee's. As well as bee's swarming activity it seems people's behaviour in supermarkets has changed as we

It takes weeks to build a custom hive. Each one is individually commissioned. This one is insulated and has been built over a period of 4 weeks. over a week to put a hive together. The price of hardwood is expensive and it depleats our already seriously de-forested planet. The hives are based on a langstroth design, but are insulated and double walled, so a hardwood is not necessary. This takes a lot longer to build than a single walled unit. The bee's live in frames, usually

People say to me ,"£500 is expensive for a hive." Well, firstly they are guaranteed for five years and they take weeks to build. The hive also comes with a queen and colony of bee's, the frames ( on which bees' s build honey comb ) The are a super hive system which basically should allow your bee's to be maintenance free. They are built on site in a workshop by hand, using quality materials. Yacht varnish is used to keep the wood in great condition. There are 4 levels to the