March 2025 In the UK, the past few weeks have shown numerous signs of spring with snowdrops, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, and tulips ...

Book Review - Nov 2024 If there was ever a need for a book that delves into the ethics of modern-day beekeeping practices, it is now!...

July 2024 Wild or feral honeybee colonies play a vital role in supporting the wider honeybee population. Their genetics are shaped by the...

Update on the Free Living Bee Project @ The lost Gardens of Heligan

A Free Living Bee Project with the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, UK.

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

Chemicals used as miticides are in various degrees damaging to bee health. This applies as much to the commonly used organic acids and oils

Bees working propolis (video by Alasdair MacKenzie) Dear bee friends and supporters of the Trust We are pleased to be in touch again...

Dear Friends and Supporters In our last newsletter we indicated that we were embarking on a new project. Our decision to create a new...

Welcome to the Spetember 2020 Newsletter.

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...

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...