Category: Bee Hives
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Restore your bee hives currently
The weather is just on the change and Spring is just around the corner. Now is the time to get all your hive parts in shape. Over the next few blogs we will cover what to do with old worn bee hive parts and how to keep them serviceable. Here we will talk about your hive…
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Welcome to the hives!
The most wonderful of all known instincts, that of the hive bee, can be explained by natural selection. —— Charles Darwin Have you ever got the chance to look at honeybees’ hives? These hives are sometimes looked after by the beekeepers. In nature, you may accidentally spot them in caves, rock cavities and hollow trees.…
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Beehives Open Up Day Beekeeping 101
Our hive visits are usually restricted to society members only, but what better time than LSESU Green Week to have a Beehive Open Day? In fact, we had not one but two open days – one for students and one for staff. The staff open day was particularly popular: the 30 available spaces got booked…
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Singular Bees!
LSE is all about diversity, but we at LSE Bees have been a bit behind the curve. Not when it comes to humans, we hasten to add – the LSESU Beekeeping Society is diverse and inclusive, with members from a wide range of backgrounds and academic disciplines. But when it comes to bees, we have tended…