Cake Recipes Using Honey - From the BBC Goodfood Magazine Website

The following links are for recipes that use honey as an ingredient - All the recipes listed below are held on the BBC Goodfood website and the links shown will take you to that website for the full details...

Bee Factoids

Long live the Queen

The queen can live up to five years. (The average worker bee lives for just five to six weeks in the summer) The Queen is busiest in the... Read More
Deadlier venom than the cobra

Drop for drop the honey bee sting venom is even more deadly than cobra venom. Luckily one bee produces very little... it is estimated... Read More
Honey is sweet

Honey is 25% sweeter than granulated sugar Read More
The alarm pheromone

When honey bees become alarmed (usually in response to a perceived threat to the hive) they emit the strong-smelling pheromones isopentyl... Read More
Honey of the pharaohs

Archaeologists have found pots of honey in several tombs and pyramids in Egypt. Some of the honey, which was approximately 3,000 years... Read More
Early farmers used beehive products 8,500 years ago

The distinctive chemical 'fingerprint' of beeswax has been detected in many remains of pottery vessels from Neolithic sites across Europe... Read More
Fake honey is a big problem

Honey is the third most adulterated product in the world (After olive oil and milk). According to testing within the EU in 2015, an... Read More

The Association's apiary in North Shropshire

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The Association maintains an apiary at an organic farm in North Shropshire. We hold regular meetings at the apiary during the summer, where members old and new can gain experience in handling bees.

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Our Vision

We encourage and develop
the art and science of bee keeping

We strive to educate
Through group meetings, practical out apiary events and educational support

NSBKA

The North Shropshire Beekeepers' Association - to encourage and develop the art and science of bee keeping