That which is in the process of becoming seems to me to be a different way of connecting with and communing with the bees and through...

A while ago, the trustees of the Natural Beekeeping Trust received an unusual message. A high security penal institution in the Midlands...

Together with their environment, bees represent a single sphere of unity, held together by thousands of dependent mutual relationships....

The approach of the NBKT is based on the premise that, if bees are given the right living conditions and left unstressed by constant...

The NFU has been badgering the government to change the rules on neonics. Their argument is that crop yields will suffer without them. ...

Eighteen bundles of biodynamic rye straw – cleaned…{tick} Six stands, starters, frames, spray bottles, scalas…{tick} Six fids and...

This still is from a video on removing the wings of queen bees, a practice euphemistically termed ‘queen clipping’. Here is a response:...

Life’s but a walking shadow… It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shakespeare, Macbeth The vast...

The air is warm on this pleasant evening in early spring, the warmest day of the year so far. On the far distant horizon is the hill...

Choosing a hive can be very confusing for beginners. The many different hives available are presented according to their usefulness to...

The more I studied beekeeping, the less I knew, until, finally, I knew nothing. But, even though I knew nothing, I still had plenty to...

When we hear the call of the bees maybe our hearts will be refreshed and we will find new mornings. In the sweetness of friendship let...

Living with bees is not about hardware, hives and management techniques any more – it is ultimately about the survival of life on earth....

Callous: insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic In 1609, Charles Butler, in The Feminine Monarchy, wrote: ‘Of all insects, the bees are...

In giving recognition and love to the bee, we are doing no more than honouring our own beholdeness to this wonderful creature. What is a...

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of Nature Rachel Carson Are my bees warm enough? This anxious question is...

The story starts in a small village in rural England, built from the local warm-coloured stone. As is still common in such villages,...

At the still point of the turning world …. there the dance is … and there is only the dance. From Burnt Norton, by TS Eliot The queen’s...

“A Bee Hive is one of the most successful ways in which the purpose of life has ever been organised.“ Vernon Klinkenborg Winter has...

One of our trustees, Margie, recently penned the following description of her experiences in her garden early one August morning. Early...