Monthly Archives: January 2010

Have a look at our travelling circus of hives

Just found on someone’s website …our hive display at the amazing new economics foundation event “The Bigger Picture” in the Oxo Tower in London last November. The Natural Beekeeping Trust was invited to give four (yes!) talks on natural beekeeping … Continue reading

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More courses here….

Please check this for more information: http://www.biodynamic.org.uk/events/natural-beekeeping-trust-events.html We are very grateful to the Biodynamic Agricultural Association for having provided this lovely page for NBKT events  on their website.

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BEES NEED DIVERSE FORAGE

Believe it or not, French scientists have just established that honeybees thrive best when they have access to diverse forage and are able to feed their young with a good variety of pollen.  Well, we have to be grateful, as … Continue reading

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The winter cluster

Freezing temperatures over the Holy Nights and beyond will have caused our bees to form the proper “winter cluster” which we may imagine but never get to see. In fact, in many of the mild British winters it probably never … Continue reading

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