Volunteer at Kingston University Beehive Project

Do you want to volunteer with our beehive project? We will be running our first beehive day at Kingston University on Saturday 23rd October 2021 from 10 am - 3.30 pm.

Come along, learn about hives and how we look after them, and then undertake some practical prep work as we prepare a hive for Spring 2022. 

This is training for those who want to volunteer on the beehive project with our hives from Spring 2022. 

Booking is essential for this free event on Eventbrite. 

I'll also be keeping you up to date with the beehive project over the next year, giving you an insight into my journey as I learn about the joys of beekeeping! My name is Rachel and work with the Biodiversity Manager, Sivi at the University. 

I hope you can join us for this first beekeeping day on 23rd October. 

Rachel

21-04-2015: Honey tasting results

Pop over to the KU biodiversity blog to see the latest results from our 2015 Honey Tasting!

Spring Check

In March the bee consultant and I checked the hive to see how the bees were after the winter break.  When we opened the hive whilst there were plenty of bees, there was no sign of brood or a queen!

A few weeks later, both myself and a previous bee keeper from Kingston checked the hive again in the hope that the queen would appear, but still no sign of her. As a result we are planning to buy a new queen which should be posted to Kingston Hill within a week and if successful there should be signs of brood by the end of the month.

If anyone (staff or students) is interested in helping out with the hive checks, just email me at this address: r.white@kingston.ac.uk

The weekly hive checks will resume again around the end of May as it will take a few weeks for the new queen to settle in before we can open the hive again.