24 Jan Bringing Bees to the City Part 3 of 3
Getting started with Beekeeping
The bees’ season starts in spring. So get ready over winter for the arrival of your bees. Read some books on the subject. All the beekeeping associations run them and so do we throughout the autumn and winter. Come to our starter courses Beekeeping courses, London. It’s fun, easy and a highly rewarding process.
What about the honey?
Bees turn nectar into honey for their winter stores. We give them extra space in the hive so they can make honey surplus to their requirements which we then harvest and eat. You can expect to harvest on average 40lbs of honey each year from one hive from end of May through to August. The honey tastes and looks different depending when the bees make it and what plants are in flower at that time.
London honey tends to be multi -floral and lighter and delicate tasting in early summer and getting darker and richer tasting as the summer progresses. Harvesting the honey is great fun, albeit sticky. Kids love spinning it off the comb.
When our bees produce more then enough honey for our own needs we do sell the extra. Click this link to take you to the honey sales page.
I can offer my garden space.
We hear of beekeepers who have a lack of space in their urban dwellings and would love to find a willing host for their beehive and we also have offers from people offering their space to give to experienced beekeepers. If you have the space and are interested in hosting a beehive without having to do the beekeeping we may be able to match you up with a beekeeper. Go to our map pages www.urbanbees.co.uk/map where you can put a marker onto the map with your location and where you could host a beehive.
Source: Urban Bees