The traditional beekeeper wears a white suit, wields a smoker and takes honey out of a buzzing hive. This is old-fashioned, according to a new generation of natural beekeepers, or bee guardians as they prefer to be called.

Newspaper Article: "Change is coming. Traditional beekeeping may become a thing of the past as greater awareness drives the natural beekeeping movement to spread."

Magazine  Article: An interview with Heidi Herrmann about the work of The Natural Beekeeping Trust in preserving our precious populations of bees

The Natural Beekeeping Trust's event ‘Learning from the Bees’ was the first of its kind - bringing together natural beekeepers, scientists, nature conservationists, artists and bee-lovers from all over the world.  Together, we will shifted our gaze from contemporary apicultural practices towards a Culture of the Bee,

The Natural Beekeeping Trust's international Photographic Competition 2017

Magazine Article: Time and again bees offer their pollination services to enable us to enjoy freshly harvested food of the highest nutritional quality. But what do we give them in return for these free natural services? An interview with Heidi Herrmann

The Beekeepers Quarterly issue 123 2016. What if there was a completely different approach to beekeeping?  Where the beekeeper makes a hive that suits the bees, or they do not come. A system where the beekeeper is required to give up control and complexity, and evolution is once again determined by the bees and nature. Article By Jonathan Powell

Radio 4: Spirit of The Beehive

Nina Perry's composed feature 'Spirit of the Beehive', featuring Trustee Heidi Herrmann, explores our enduring relationship with the honeybee, lifting the lid of the beehive to hear some surprising lessons to be learnt through observing and working with bees, as well as how the life of bees inspires human endeavours in the arts and in business.

Trustee Gareth John: The Erasmus Project. Creating a protocol for sustainable commercial organic beekeeping in Turkey and Macedonia

Trustee Heidi Herrmann talks about the love of bees, their work for the world and their constant inspiration.

Trustee Jonathan Powell talks about tree beekeeping, the importance of wild bees and what we can learn from them.

Trustee Jonathan Powell features in this Telegraph article about the revival of tree beekeeping.

The Natural Beekeeping Trust features in this article about natural beekeeping. The piece is illustrated with information about and pictures of bee-friendly flowers, and we encourage you to pick up a copy of the magazine.

2015

Made with "bee-centred" apiculture and conservation in mind, the Sun Hive is an alternative format for natural beekeepers.

The history, philosophy and aims of the Natural Beekeeping Trust, by Heidi Herrmann.

Making sun hives and keeping bees as part of a rehabilitation program in a high security prison, by Heidi Herrmann.

An article by Gareth John describes how, in contrast to popular belief, a fresh approach to bee management, by stopping varroa treatment, might reduce the varroa load on a colony and improve its varroa resistance.

Gareth John sets out how the stance of the Natural Beekeeping Trust evolved and contrasts this with both the conventional approach and that of others on the natural beekeeping spectrum.

2013/14

Martha Kearney talks about natrural beekeeping with Heidi Herrmann. Related video content starts at 6:00 minutes, and the trust interview at 8:34.

Honey bees are being cross bred with their more agreessive African cousins to produce a hybrid which is hardier and more resilient to parasites.

Heidi Herrmann, co-founder and Trustee, participates in a discussion around the EU-ban on a number of neonicotinoid pesticides (no longer available to view).

Penny Crowder, co-founder and Trustee, is interviewed at the March of the Beekeepers in London on 26 April 2013

Beekeepers and concerned citizens from across the UK have formed a united front in the 'War Against Nature' to protect bees against a devastating new group of pesticides.

Beekeepers and concerned citizens from across the UK have formed a united front in the 'War Against Nature' to protect bees against a devastating new group of pesticides.

As colonies collapse around the world, Heidi Herrmann is putting her faith in what is best for the honey-makers, not the consumers.

2012

The Natural Beekeeping Trust was set up in 2009 to promote a non-interventional method of husbandry to counteract recent, often man-made, disasters which have decimated bee populations around the world. Paul Melnyczuk looks at the aims of the Trust, and at the sun hive – the core of their commitment to bee-guardianship.

Julia Bradbury visits the Natural Beekeeping Trust at their base in Sussex (no longer available to view).

A review of the 2011 Natural Beekeeping Conference; includes a transcript of the keynote speech, 'The Essence of Natural Beekeeping' by David Heaf.

City banks are buzzing, but not because of the economy - saving the humble bee is what's taxing minds now in the Square Mile

Environmental journalist Lucy Siegle answers the question of whether it is acceptable for vegans to eat honey

Peter Brown, Chairman of the Biodynamic Asssociation and farmer at Tablehurst Farm in Sussex, and Heidi Herrmann, co-founder of the Natural Beekeeping Trust, write about the initiative to bring the Sun Hive to Britain.

2010-11

From zoning to killer bees and lovely honey: Gervase Poulden explains the essentials of beekeeping

A composed feature exploring our relationship with the honeybee (please note this is no longer available to listen to).

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has thrown her weight behind the fledgling Natural Beekeeping Trust (NBKT) and has even written a poem to mark being chosen as its patron of the Sussex-based group

Heidi Herrmann, co-founder and trustee of the Natural Beekeeping Trust, reflects on the winter cluster.

Heidi Herrmann, a co-founder and trustee of the Natural Beekeeping Trust, writes about this most exhilarating event of the colony’s annual lifecycle

You don't need a smallholding and a meadow to be a budding apiarist - a few sensible precautions will let you fight honeybee decline with a hive in your own backyard