News Article
The Bungay Bees come to Flixton
Created: Tuesday 29th June 2010 11:51AM
The Old Rectory now houses 2 bee hives on behalf of The Bungay Community Bees - A project to help the threatened honey bee.The amount of clover, fruit trees and other trees make it an ideal loction for the hives and are a further committment to the Environment
The Community Bees press release outlines the objectives of the Group:-
"Recently bees have been disappearing in their millions, affecting not only the production of native honey in every country, but most importantly, the bees’ great task of pollinating the trees, fruit, vegetables and herbs that make up two-thirds of what we eat every day. In Bungay a new group has formed to help the threatened honey bee.
Bungay Community Bees is a Beekeeping Project which aims to manage hives in as sustainable a manner as possible. It will run as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) scheme where members own ‘shares’ in the bees, hives and harvest, taking part in the beekeeping year. This allows members to support honey bees without being ‘hands on’ – though the group plan is to fund training and hives for up to two new beekeepers each year.
In the first year Bungay Community Bees hopes to recruit at least 20 supporters to invest in two hives (National type) and colonies, insurance for two beekeepers, basic equipment and training for two new beekeepers with the Waveney Beekeepers Group. Benefits will include visits to the hives to learn more about beekeeping, an opportunity to have a hive in your garden and most exciting of all, attending a honey harvest. The share of honey and wax will increase as the hives grow in strength and number."
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