For most July is the start of the holiday season, but not so for beekeepers! The summer months are our busiest time, whether it’s harvesting honey, dealing with swarms or if the weather is rubbish, checking the honeybees have plenty stores!
Schools however are most definitely out for summer!! We’d the pleasure of being invited to two summer camps. First, Toryglen After School Service, where we met some wonderful children, keen to learn more about honeybees and all they do to help us. Cracking crowning moments!
Next, we headed to Off Grid Kids in Glasgow, where we found a lively bunch raring to learn and gosh did we share lots of honeybee facts! The buzzy bees enjoyed their foraging hunt for delicious nectar!
We were delighted to send one of our junior beekeepers, Harriet Sweatman, to represent Scotland at the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) at Marlborough College in England. This meeting is for young beekeepers (aged 11 to 16 years old) from all over the world, to team up and carry out various beekeeping challenges! 21 countries from as far afield as India, Russia, Lebanon and Denmark took part this year and we’re delighted to say Harriet was part of the team who came second, go Harriet!!
