It's been a long time since the last blog and a lot of things have happened. At present Sue and I are training a group of eight teachers from a secondary school so that they can set up and manage a school apiary and involve the students. This is a new thing for us and is a very positive experience.
At the same time we are trying to keep all the balls in the air including opening a new apiary at Spa Hill and building a bee-house at our Barnmead Road apiary.
When finished the bee-house will be home to six colonies of bees and have a twenty foot long classroom behind it. Almost all the materials are recycled - pallets, scaffold boards, discarded windows and glazing units etc and the building will have an eco-roof which incidentally will also help to disguise it from potential vandals. We are looking at the idea of small solar panels just to provide lighting but the downside to that is that is goes against the "invisibility" idea.
On Saturday 4th July we celebrated Independence Day by clearing and levelling the floor area with the help of our anglo-Polish friend Jan and Sarwan, who is a fellow member of the allotments committee.
More to follow.
Mike
Sunday, 5 July 2009
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