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Story of an African Beekeeper
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The evolution of the ECO-BEEHIVE , and me, the reluctant beekeeper
Where did it all start you ask? Well as a little boy helping with the bees on my Grandfathers farm in Africa , To catching my first swarm when I was about twelve years old. This then sparked the interest. This then evolved into my hobby of beelineing (tracking bees to find wild colonies). Weirdly I have always seemed to have had bees around. Never really for honey either, but more for the fascination of the bees. Now with bees under greater threat than ever! I have used all I have learnt over quite a few decades to create the best habitat nest beehive. From observation, testing and then proving different aspects. Aspects that make Honey bees so successful if left alone. I then incorporating these ideas into my nest box beehive, Now you to can be part of this story, helping people, help bees, help themselves.
TO MAKE SOMETHING COMPLEX IS QUITE SIMPLE BUT TO MAKE SOMETHING SIMPLE IS QUITE COMPLEX.
This story makes me uniquely qualified to design and build the GARDENERS BEEHIVE. With an interest in bees ( Apis mellifera ) not beekeeping! My interest is mostly investigating bees in the wild. These little insects are under pressure from all sorts of thing. But simplest of these to fix , something we can all get involved in and help with is to simply give them a safe, natural home to live. Solving this simple but big problem, is my mission! After trying many different designs over quite a few decades, and using all the data I had collected from observing bees. I have developed a nest that is so convincing, to bees, they will just move in on their own! But more impressive is they will stay, But even more impressive, is they will then thrive. This then is the GARDENERS-BEEHIVE.
Then there was a GARDENERS' BEEHIVE
So then after an Oak tree was felled near to where I live here in the UK, I needed to build a nest for a colony that lost their home, . Using data I had collected from years of being with bees. I built my first bee nest. That was many years ago now. Many, many more have been built since then. Bee centred not honey centred. Bee-hosting not bee-keeping, a different mindset meant something totally new, totally different. Then about nine years ago I was talking bees with a work colleague. He was amazed !! "You have to tell the world!" he said, and he insisted, "And you are the only one who can!" From that conversation, I made a start, now I will with all my conviction, and the help of normal every day people, try my very best to make a difference, but I will need your help.
Let the madness begin
Yes everything that I do here is all about you. I was quite happy doing my research, investigating and experimenting. But I know that in the long run I have an obligation. In bigger picture this will involve everyon and use what I know to help kind people who want to help.
So yes this is all about helping you help honeybees have a home. Something that is so desperately lacking in so many places in our modern world.
By buying a Gardeners Beehive you are not only helping a colony of honeybees, but you are helping because this money is then used to make other people aware who would otherwise never have known , just like what you are reading here was payed for by others.
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Yes this is a little rough and ready, that is the idea. It is built tough and simple, but clever. There are lots of design aspects and features built into this hive to mimic a honey bees natural nest environment. I try to dispatch as soon as possible and keep everyone informed with tracking numbers. I love speaking to our customers so if you have any queries, want more information or just want to have a chat about the bees, please drop me a line. For payments I use Pay Pal and stripe as they are world renowned, not cheap to me but safe for you.
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Yes care about honey bees the environment and people. Yes this is to help honey bees but not to the detriment of others or the environment. So all the wood we use is certified from ethical harvesting. All wood is A graded and to BS standard. Screws and studs are made in Germany and Italy. The roof is engineered wood and has a felt covering. I could go on but you get my picture, robust quality.