We often get asked - "Can you make a tree hive from pallets?" Trustee Jonathan Powell shows you how to build the ultimate pallet hive.

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.

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

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

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

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 sunny days in June ...

Spring greetings. The bee season has started beautifully with many swarms spontaneously moving into log hives and related dwellings in Susse

You will not necessarily help honeybees by becoming a beekeeper or by inviting beekeepers on your land ...

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 ...

It is a misconception that honeybees need beekeepers in order to survive...

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

Trustee Jonathan Powell recounts his visit to the Naliboki Forest in Belarus.

It's been an exciting year - the bees have inspired a whole range of new projects and endeavours, of which we hope to give you a taste.

We would like to tell you about the remarkable people behind the South African honeybee conservation group Ujubee and share with you their latest findings on...

Dear Friends As we are approaching the Ides of March, your beautiful bees will have already gladdened your heart with delightful forays into the world of ear...

A beekeeper looks a swarm in the eye (credit: Tucka Sackville) Dear Readers In celebration of the lengthening days (at least in the northern hemisphere), thi...

The Bee Carol Silently on Christmas Eve, the turn of midnight’s key; all the garden locked in ice - a silver frieze - except the winter cluster of the bees. ...

The BBKA View of Bee Health Here are some words from the bee health page of the BBKA’s website followed by an extract from the BBKA’s teaching syllabus: You ...

Greetings The leaves have started falling and we send our greetings. Samhain, All Souls, the end of harvest are now behind us and we look back over a season...

Picture - A 'temple' guard protects the inner sanctum of a wild tree colony (Beech Tree, 5m above the ground on a cold October day - Essen Germany) In the fo...