| Archive for NEEPS North East Eco-friendly People's Site |
| Martin |
Take Action - Plan BEEhttp://www.co-operative.coop/ethicsinaction/takeaction/planbee 
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| Maria |
Thanks for this Martin. Great site with clear info. 
We already do much of 'how to help' list - and will now try to fill in the gaps. One of which is enrolling on the bee course here. The enrol date was mid jan, so I've just sent a pleading email to see if I can jump on the course at this point. This post has served as a much needed reminder. |
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| Martin |
The only caveat I would make is that many (but not all) local English beekeeping associations are affiliated to the BBKA, who accept funding from agrochemical companies, in return for branding their evil poisons as "bee friendly", and "approved by the BBKA" - here are two websites who'll welcome you with open arms, and who have no truck with such disgraceful goings-on -
http://beekeepingforum.co.uk/ - for all UK beekeepers and http://biobees.com/ - for all beekeepers seeking to keep bees as "naturally" as possible 
(I'm going the latter route, using home-made top-bar hives, and endeavouring to do it as "naturally" as possible) |
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| Maria |
Same for Scottish? On their website Aberdeen and district beekeepers it says
Safe? Not done much reading up. Advice would be apprieciated before I commit to a course! |
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| Diana |
I'm getting bees this year (subject to them surviving the winter), but unfortunately they'll not be in a crop growing area. Maybe in future years i can expand the apiary and place some of them on a suitable farm. | ||
| beesontoast |
Farms are a mixed blessing for bees nowadays. When permanent pasture was the rule rather than the exception, and wild flowers flourished, then it made sense. These days, you may well be better off in suburbia - preferably enlightened, organic suburbia - where there are well-tended gardens galore - a better source of food for bees than most modern farms. |