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- Jul 5
- 5 min
The Importance of Free Living Bees
July 2024 Wild or feral honeybee colonies play a vital role in supporting the wider honeybee population. Their genetics are shaped by the...
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- Jul 24, 2023
- 1 min
Free Living Bee Project Update
Update on the Free Living Bee Project @ The lost Gardens of Heligan
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- Jul 12, 2023
- 1 min
Free Living Bee Project
A Free Living Bee Project with the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, UK.
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- Jan 6, 2022
- 9 min
Bees Don't Make Honey - Teams Do
These thoughts were inspired by Prof. Gilbert’s talk to the Arboreal Apiculture Salon and, on the same day, a visit to the Blenheim Palace
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- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Chemicals have no place in a beehive
Chemicals used as miticides are in various degrees damaging to bee health. This applies as much to the commonly used organic acids and oils
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- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
July 2021 Newsletter
Bees working propolis (video by Alasdair MacKenzie) Dear bee friends and supporters of the Trust We are pleased to be in touch again...
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- Dec 19, 2020
- 3 min
December 2020 Newsletter
Dear Friends and Supporters In our last newsletter we indicated that we were embarking on a new project. Our decision to create a new...
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- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
The Lockdown Pallet Hive
We often get asked - "Can you make a tree hive from pallets?"
Trustee Jonathan Powell shows you how to build the ultimate pallet hive.
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- Feb 5, 2020
- 3 min
February Newsletter 2020
Dear friends and supporters of the Natural Beekeeping Trust, we hope this finds you warm and well as we look ahead to a busy 2020.
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- Nov 12, 2019
- 4 min
Autumn Newsletter 2019
Dear friends and supporters of the Natural Beekeeping Trust
We’d like to tell you what we’ve been up to since the last Learning from the Be
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- Nov 10, 2019
- 4 min
Rewilding Workshop - the bees are in charge
On a beautiful weekend at the tail end of October, 20 bee lovers from Spain and Portugal joined NBT trustee Jonathan Powell at the Finca La
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- Nov 10, 2019
- 4 min
Pertwood Farm Tree Hive Update
After 3 years the Pertwood tree hive inside the old ash tree no longer has bees. It's hard to say that the colony died, because it split
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- Aug 6, 2019
- 3 min
Summer Newsletter 2019
Dear friends and supporters of the Trust, This summer our bees have been truly blessed. Lots of rain in May was followed by many glorious...
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- Apr 23, 2019
- 3 min
Spring Newsletter 2019
Spring greetings. The bee season has started beautifully with many swarms spontaneously moving into log hives and related dwellings in Susse
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- Jul 24, 2018
- 3 min
What are beekeepers for?
You will not necessarily help honeybees by becoming a beekeeper or by inviting beekeepers on your land ...
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- Jun 18, 2018
- 3 min
Summer Newsletter 2018
As the sun reaches its highest position in the sky and the bees’ broodnests in the hives approach the form of a sun-like sphere ...
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- Jun 13, 2018
- 2 min
The True Beekeeper
It is a misconception that honeybees need beekeepers in order to survive...
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- Oct 31, 2017
- 4 min
Autumn Newsletter 2017
Dear friends, As our bees prepare for winter we are looking ahead to a time of vigorous new activity envisioning the great bee event in Holl
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- Oct 21, 2017
- 3 min
Belarus - Bringing Back the Bears and Bees
Trustee Jonathan Powell recounts his visit to the Naliboki Forest in Belarus.
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