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Bee hives can be sited in many differing locations such as roof tops, garden areas, court yards. 1.5 meters of space is required in every direction around a hive. Our bee keepers will review your site to find a hive location that bests suits you and the bees.
Hosting a bee hive is safe particularly when good bee keeping practises and common sense is followed. Our experienced bee keepers provide guidance and instruction regarding how to safely interact with your bees, hive positioning and ongoing support and management throughout the year. We hold qualifications and professional experience in health and safety, roof/building access and site management.
We support our regional bees and as such we do not import bees, your bees are raised locally and are adapted and genetically suit to their environment.
City's and urban environments provide a diverse and varied source of bee friendly plants and flowers providing nectar and pollen throughout the year. A more varied bee friendly fauna is found in city's and urban areas compared to that off the country side, this can give bees an advantage. In short bees thrive in urban settings.
We provide all equipment, hive, frames, tools, and vitally the bees as well as a dedicated bee keeper who will manage and support your hive throughout the year. We offer an affordable and good value monthly cost with no upfront or extra charges. Please see our costing page for details.