Some time ago I was approached by Keunhe Nagel who are interested in housing a bee hive on their company premises in Aston The plans for this are well under way and next spring there will be a hive on site managed by one of our members.

After this  introduction ,I was invited to come and judge their national cake competition , meet some of the staff and let them know a little bit about bees.

Jane joined me and we were made to feel very welcome with exceptionally hospitable hosts.

It all felt a bit surreal as porters took all of the bee displays through the office on a trolley.

We set up our display at lunch time and  the first person I spoke to had bees on his patio in Canada. He actually pays a bee keeper to manage his colony. It looks like I’m moving to Canada!

Then it was down to tasting and judging the cakes( I know. The hardships I have to go through as a beekeeper!)

The site is in quite an industrial district. I had a good look around the area when I was going home(I got lost!) and there seems to be a lot of pockets of greenery and trees.

I’m looking forward to trying some Keuhne Nagel honey next spring/summer

By

Richard James