Bees & Beekeeping
The difference between honey bees and bumble bees
I have stroked a bumble bee in Tasmania. I was sitting outside in a coffee shop, when a huge bumble bee settled on to a pink rose. I couldn’t resist leaning forwards to stroke her. She seemed quite content and stayed for a few minutes before calmly buzzing on to the next flower to gather nectar.
HRH Prince Charles: The Beekeeper
This week I am keen to shine a light on someone I have been inspired by recently and in particular a recent project he has embarked upon - a charter for sustainability. His Royal Highness Prince Charles: a pioneering champion for biodiversity and sustainability and most importantly, an avid beekeeper!
Babies and Deities
It is quite an ordeal breast feeding, and I have resisted giving advice. I did think of an unobtrusive way to help, though: beeswax is extremely nourishing and healing. I have melted down some beeswax and added olive oil, shea butter and lavender. I judged the quantities by the consistency.
Introducing Beeble Backs
At Beeble we often work shoulder to shoulder with conscious and inspiring individuals, people who are working towards building a brighter and greener future. Beeble Backs is an initiative we have built to celebrate these individuals, by backing someone new each month.
The Buzz of the City
You will have, undoubtedly, heard that bees, and other pollinators, are in trouble. Our fruit, veg and flowers all rely on the valuable pollination service that bees, moths and butterflies provide. They help keep our ecosystem healthy and resilient to viruses that threaten the plants in our gardens.
Medical Magic: The Buzz Around Honey
In a climate reeling from Covid-19 - a disease which effects the respiratory system, understanding the health benefits behind something as natural and readily available as honey might just prove invaluable. Honey has long been used as a home remedy to treat coughs and colds.
NEW Great Taste Award Winner
It’s a warm spring morning just as lockdown is easing and I’m cycling past Borough Market and forking right on to Southwark Street towards the Guild of Fine Food. As I approach the door I’m greeted by a face full of mask complete with muffled pleas of keeping a safe distance.
A View From Behind the Mask 😷
Hello, and happy Wednesday everyone. Last weekend saw our first live trade event since the pandemic broke out and I want to tell you all about it! We didn’t really know what our first event in a post COVID-19 world would look like. Large, 2m-distanced, one-way queues of ‘single households’?
2020 Reflections: a Covid-19 Business Diary
COVID-19, Coronavirus, pandemic, unprecedented – all words that seem to have become all too familiar in 2020. This time last year, heading towards the August bank holiday, who would have thought that less than 12 months later we’d be back into recession?! Certainly not me!
Our Plastic Addiction
The worldwide plastics problem needs to be a main theme of discussion to stop, and attempt to counter, the vast environmental damage caused over the last 100 years. Making just a few small changes can have a big impact on the amount of plastic we use on a day-to-day basis.
The Future is Bright
It’s a wet, miserable day in London as I apprehensively peer out of my kitchen window. I am of course still acclimatising to this WFH (working from home) culture and it’s because we’re right in the heart of a global pandemic to which there appears to be no end in sight.
