the apiarist atelier

20/05/2025

The Bishop's Bees in Ely on World Bee Day... decent weather for a colony health check and status update site meeting. Wrinkly tin roof goes on next, weather permitting.

20/05/2025

the World Bee Day 2025 celebration shines a light on the vital roles of bees and other pollinators in ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation and food security and nutrition

https://www.fao.org/world-bee-day/en?fbclid=IwY2xjawKZAFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpct6zpFgewKV1QrbPGN5CmANRLFYxj-aB_werEfGd7DJxlD0U-hyn-15hxk_aem_s6rOp0MrfJu42pLSMP-ANg

18/02/2025

Good to see the colonies active with the bees out on cleansing flights. Low temperatures but with some sunshine and blue sky.

09/02/2025

the apiarist atelier on Google... 5.0 rating

03/02/2025

first in a mini series, working with bees... 'T' is for trees - 'bees in trees'

29/01/2025

Early season survey work along with enabling works for The National Trust ahead of the first of the 2025 colony extractions

21/12/2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/complete-ban-on-bee-killing-pesticides-moves-forward?fbclid=IwY2xjawHTvPJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR_0PoBxdtTmMgpVZpzhISRFgeBQgd7X-xuEv5vF9MufksDDvjSA4HZWbw_aem_FP2an36NxgRtTgJlAW6Exw

• Government sets out plans to end the use of toxic neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten vital pollinators

25/06/2024

a quick 'bee rescue' this morning on way to day two of current extraction... bees at Haughton Mill, swarmed into one of the National Trust buildings, safely collected and offsite...

07/06/2024

those that know, know...

24/05/2024

A wide variety of buildings this week, ranging from an emergency call out on behalf of a thatching company on a lovely Cambridgeshire cottage to a Northamptonshire farm with a bee colony in a dormer, holding up roof works. Weather still unpredictable, but at least the bees are behaving... ( access on the thatch was in place forthatching repairs, not access arranged by the apiarist atelier ).

20/05/2024

Why do we need a bee day? The Day aims to raise awareness on the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development.

Loss of habitat and increased pesticide use are huge global threats to natural food pollination, potentially affecting billions of people.

Destroying natural sources of forage and replacing them with chemicals to increase crop yield, is proven to destroy the biome of the soil, creating a never ending cycle of increasing chemical use which leeches into our waterways causing further damage and imbalance to our ecosystem.