rooftop – Bermondsey street bees

October 14, 2016

Stop Press: London Honey Show: Two Talks

The London Honey Show is at the Lancaster Hotel W2 2TY from 11am to 4pm this Sunday 16^th October. Entry £2. Children go free. This is a family day out with a farmers’ market feel.

The Lancaster Hotel is very accessible, on the North side of Hyde Park, next to Lancaster Gate Tube (Central Line).

I will be giving two talks:

1.30pm “Bees Can’t Eat Kind Words”: Exploring the precarious balance of forage and London’s populous bees.

2.15pm “The Asian Hornet”: Recognition and Management” We travelled to France to discover how beekeepers there have been coping with this voracious honeybee predator.

Hoping to see you there!

September 12, 2016

Honey Offer To Apis Subscribers

Bermondsey Street Honey Stall

Each year, in the week before the Bermondsey Street Festival, we send out a preferential offer to subscribers to my Apis blog to reserve (up to a maximum of 5) jars of Bermondsey Street Honey for collection from our stall at the Festival.

Please e-mail your requests to dale@bermondseystreetbees.co.uk

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April 28, 2016

Silver Birch

It’s that time of year again. Rasping throats, bunged-up noses and streaming eyes: the hay fever season has arrived. And Silver Birch is its harbinger.

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April 23, 2016

Too Many Chefs?

Honey, What Would I Do Without You ? — Honey, Where Would I Be Without You ?

Lee Westcott’s a rising star of the London restaurant scene, with his uber-cool Typing Room in Bethnal Green Town Hall setting a high standard of finesse and pure enjoyment of food and flavours. Continue reading “Too Many Chefs?”

February 23, 2016

Our New Rooftop Planting Guide

NEW ROOFTOP PLANTING GUIDE

Just in time for Spring, we’ve posted our new guide to Bee-Friendly Rooftop Planting. You can download it here.

The guide’s been expertly researched and written for us by London-based garden designer Jane Finlay. Jane trained at Kew and was recently a finalist in the Society of Garden Design Student Award. Massive thanks to Jane for her inspiring urban forage suggestions. You can find out more about her distinctive approach to garden design at janefinlay.london.

January 5, 2016

Bee Farmers Association

We are officially Bee Farmers. Here in deepest Bermondseyshire.

We’ve joined the Bee Farmers Association in 2016 as our Apis Bee Consultancy and Bermondsey Street Honey activities become more extensive. It makes sense.

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December 29, 2015

Jardin Du Luxembourg

I didn’t realise when we posed for this picture that Marie Laure Legroux and I were making an impromptu version of the French tricolore: Blue, White and Red. There’s selfie solidarity for you!

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December 22, 2015

Visitation

At this time of year, our attention switches from bees to people. Briefly.

So we were delighted to welcome Carolina Spurlino onto our Bermondsey Street rooftop.

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December 7, 2015

Bubble Wrap

The competition for bubble-wrap becomes intense in our household at this time of year. And it’s not just Sarah’s extraordinarily gregarious Christmas present list which drives the local demand for that commodity.

I have a beekeeping confession to make. It is strange, but true. I wrap my Bermondsey rooftop hives with bubble-wrap in December and January each year. There, I’ve said it.

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November 26, 2015

A Personal Thanksgiving

In 2010, the UK elected a coalition government, Bradley Manning contacted WikiLeaks, an Icelandic volcano erupted, BP spilt oil in the Gulf Of Mexico, Spain won the World Cup, Greece went bankrupt and beekeeping was legalized in New York City. Astonishing, isn’t it ?

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