Why We Decided To Keep Bees

Why We Decided To Keep Bees

Getting two bee hives was the first thing that Harry and I did when we moved in to Broadspear. Honey bees are some of the most beneficial creatures in our environment. They’re natural pollinators, which means they help your local flora reproduce and flourish. Honey bees positively influence all kinds of vegetation, from colourful field of wildflowers to your backyard garden to the crops we rely on to feed our society. 

The first jar of honey that the bees produced was the most exciting day of my life (well high up there anyhow!). We harvested the first honey from our two colonies (hive) last August 2019 and we got 23 pots, delicious fresh notes of citrus from the Lime trees in the park. Each harvest always tastes slightly different, and this summer’s honey definitely had more of a floral note, which would have been from the new flower cutting garden and the lavender around the house. We have 7 additional hives and bee colonies arriving in February 2021. It’s going to be quite full on when they arrive, each colony (hive) has 5,000 bees and one queen, so I hope they will all settle in. 

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