. Thinking about bringing bees to your business? Here are a few of the questions we’re asked most often.
Yes. Safety comes first when we choose where to position your hive. We’ll assess your site, find a suitable location and professionally manage your bees throughout the year.
We’re experienced in working across commercial and industrial sites and understand the importance of health, safety and site access.
Probably less than you think. Hives can work in all sorts of locations, from landscaped areas and courtyards to rooftops and larger commercial sites.
We’ll visit your site and find a location that works well for both your business and the bees.
Bee allergies should always be taken seriously. We’ll discuss this with you during the site assessment and position the hive away from busy areas and main pedestrian routes.
Your team doesn’t need to come into close contact with the hive to enjoy having bees on site.
Not at all — we take care of everything.
We provide the hive and bees, carry out regular inspections and manage the colony throughout the seasons. Your team can simply enjoy having them there.
Absolutely and this is one of the best parts.
Where appropriate, members of your team can suit up, join us at the hive and experience beekeeping first-hand. It’s a brilliant way to bring your sustainability activity to life.
Our bees are locally reared. We don’t import colonies from overseas, helping us support bees that are suited to our local environment and climate.
They can be excellent. Urban and commercial areas often provide a surprisingly diverse mix of gardens, parks, trees, planting and wild spaces, giving bees access to different sources of pollen and nectar.
We’ve successfully placed hives in some locations you might not immediately associate with beekeeping.
The bees stay in their hive and form a cluster to keep the colony and queen warm. We make sure they’re properly prepared for the colder months and continue managing their welfare throughout the year.
Hopefully! Honey production varies from year to year and always depends on what the bees need first.
When there’s a healthy surplus, we can harvest the honey from your hive giving you something genuinely unique from your own site.
We’ll tell you.
Our site visit is about finding the right location for a hive, not putting bees somewhere they shouldn’t be. If there’s a better position or another way of making it work, we’ll talk you through the options.
It starts with a conversation.
Get in touch and we’ll arrange a visit, take a look around your site and talk through what having your own Band of Bees could look like.