Did you know that beekeepers in the Harrow area collect over a ton of honey from their hives in a good year? Most of their hives are sited in back gardens, where bees can harvest nectar and pollen from flowers, shrubs and trees grown by enthusiastic suburban gardeners. In fact, so wide is the variety of plants grown that suburbs provide one of the best sources of forage for bees today; better than the countryside, which has largely been given over to intensive agriculture with grasses and cereals, yielding no honey and where selective weed killers have eradicated the wild flowers and weeds used by bees for forage.
Harrow Beekeepers has been established for over 60 years. It runs courses each year for beginners and provides an apiary where the association's bees may be looked after with the help of an experienced member.
Each year it holds a Honey Show with displays for everyone to see and products for sale at the August Bank Holiday. Why don't you visit our stand and learn more about bees. Try some honey- it may have been collected from your garden!. For more information contact:-
Chair. Judy Earl on Tel: 0208 427 9179 or mailto: earlwebber@tiscali.co.uk
Secretary. Aline Bowers mailto: alinebowers@waitrose.com
Education Officer. Jo Telfer on Tel: 0208 868 3494 or mailto jvtelfer@hotmail.com
Membership Form, Gift Aid Letter and Gift Aid Form can be downloaded from here.