BEES
Bees make honey says Jez Rose
Bees & Co. is home to the native British honeybee, which Jez and his team are rearing and reintroducing to help battle the pollinator decline. Our native bees are much darker than the yellow and black bees most of us would recognise and are a largely forgotten strain of bee, but perfectly adapted to our climate. Where most honey farms are focused on the commercial production of honey, Bees & Co. are primarily concerned with the environment. Their hives are available for businesses to adopt as part of a sustainability programme to demonstrate to their customers and staff how they are being responsible as organisations, and their clients include The Ned Hotel in London; Sophie Allport; BeautyPro and Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge, but Bees & Co. also run a wide range of workshops and experience days, including their popular Beekeeper for a Day gift experience. ‘I wanted to invite people to the farm to see how passionate we are about the environment and our honeybees; running training workshops and gift experiences is just one of the ways we do that,’ says Jez, who used to present children’s television. ‘I hope we can encourage people to ask more questions about where their food comes from; what’s in it and whether there are better ways to do things to help the environment the way we live our lives.’ continued >
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