Foster a Hive

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Desperately seeking homes for our hives!

If you have a space you think might work for one of our beehives we'd love to hear from you.
Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a professional beekeeper, the Bee Mission team and their beekeepers can come and maintain
the hive and the bees for you.
Keeping bees is a great hobby for you and all the family – and you get to have your own home-grown honey!

  • Beehive Benefits

    • Helps the environment
    • Helps the economy
    • A fantastic subject to study
    • Passes on great lessons to children
    • Producing your own home-grown honey
    • Provides a great sense of community
    • Relaxing and can calm stress
    • Improves pollination of garden, crops and flowers
    • Bees can fit in almost anywhere
    • Honey has great health benefits
    • They are very low maintenance
    • You get to dress like an astronaut

  • Things to Conisder

    How much space do you need?
    Bees can be kept anywhere from country fields to urban gardens and small terrace or balconies. A typical beehive is around 55 x40cm (22 by 16 inches), and you need roughly 1.5 metres (5 feet) of space around each hive. 

    What will your neighbours think?
    If you have a large garden, it is possible your neighbours wouldn’t even notice the Hive. We wouldn’t advise placing directly on a boundary with your neighbour and the entrance to the hive shouldn't be near a footpath or busy area of the garden.

To be considered as a foster family please contact us for further information.

Contact Us
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Explore Our Honey and Delicious Honey Chutneys.

Our shop is open. Come and have look at our delicious range of home-made chutneys and honey.
You can also purchase our Bee Mission merchandise - as well as a range of Bee Keeping Equipment.

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