
Bee Blog


Bee Magic - A year of reflection.
Life this year has been so fleeting, abstract, isolating. This has also prompted a much needed time of reflection too. Watching the bees, rather th...
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GREEN FRIDAY. THE ANTI BLACK FRIDAY MOVEMENT.
Green Friday is an anti-Black Friday movement that promotes more mindful gift shopping that is less harmful to the environment. It is a movement...
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HONEYLANDS AND BEE FEVER
Nestled within the old, quirky lanes of Hastings Old Town, sits our local independent cinema; the ELECTRIC PALACE. It's one of my favourite places...
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The moon the bees and the oh so many flowers
A honey bee visits 2000 flowers a day over 14 days and it takes 12 bees their whole life to make one teaspoon of honey! Bee amazed!
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Katharine The Bee Landlady
THE BEE LANDLADY In early evening’s honeyed light Here amidst the tangled oaks I smoke the bees With the lavender they love I hum to the hives...
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From the Hives of Hastings - My Bee Potion Story.
Value and respect are almost a mantra for me and are at the heart of my beekeeping and educational projects. The aim you see is that the wonderful...
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HONEY THAT HEALS
So when is honey not good for you? Shopping aisles are frequently full of cheap honey that will sweeten your palette but will do nothing for your ...
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1 DOG ROSE & BEES
My Bee Potion girls from Saint Leondards On Sea May forage in summer in hedgerows Find pollen and nectar and pollinate from the flower Dogrose ...
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OH MOTHER WE LOVE YOU
What makes a Queen bee? She is the only mother of her colony, of up to 60,000 off spring and a single mother at that! Matin...
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