26th Sep, 2020 15:00

Chiswick House Charity Auction

 
  Lot 8
 

A foray for five into the delights and demands of cultivating bees

Beekeeping for Beginners

A foray for five into the delights and demands of cultivating bees

If you’ve ever wondered how honey is made, what it’s like to open a hive and see bees beavering, or quite how bees produce a honeycomb and don’t get sticky, now’s your chance to learn!

This beekeeping experience is a half-day workshop for a family or a group of up to five people. It will include a mix of discussion in the classroom and demonstration in our apiary at Chiswick Gardens

Rebecca, our beekeeper, will introduce you to the way we work with the bees’ natural instincts and how bees provide humans with a useful indicator as to the health of our environment. Participants (properly suited) will spend time examining bees close-up and identifying some of the aspects of bee behaviour. This will include the lifecycle of the individual bee; the lifecycle of the honeybee colony; bee cooperation and communication; the needs of the honeybee colony; beekeeping as a collaboration and what causes the phenomenon of hive collapse; examples of beekeeping methods, techniques and equipment.

Rebecca says, I have been the beekeeper at Chiswick House for 9 years and it is a privilege to be able to look after the bees in the beauty of Chiswick House's kitchen garden. Workshop participants will take home a jar of honey each.

Donated by the Chiswick House Beekeeping team

Terms and Conditions:
To be taken by the highest bidder
Due to the lifecycle of our bees and the best time to visit, we will offer this experience in Summer 2021
Date subject to agreement with the Beekeeping team
Not transferable

Sold for £450

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

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