DIARY OF A BEEKEEPER

The first time I grounded myself with Mama Earth, foraged my first Parasol Mushroom, collected a swarm of bees, brewed my first cup of nettle tea, fermented my first batch of wild garlic kimchi - it ignited that inner child feeling of ‘play’.

Be like a Bee - adapting a ‘bee's behavioural blueprint’ to my own outlook on life, unravelling the lessons and enchanting parallels between the beehive and the human experience.

I felt the need to write this particular article - explaining my personal preference and methodology to treat my bees, ensuring that my hives thrive, season after season, year after year.

This blog may ruffle a few feathers - in particular ‘The Guild’. However, the point of writing this is not to throw shade at anyone. Truthfully, I appreciate what they represent and the prestige they hold in the food industry. It took them time and dedication to build an influential platform that essentially helps small businesses like mine, scream and shout about how good their products are. However, I need food lovers and producers to hear this: winning (or not winning) this award does not define you or your product’s worth. Not even a little.

Different flowers evoke different feelings and memories. Red roses resonate with feelings of romance, the fragrance of lavender sedates me with feelings of calm and daisies carry associations of being playful and joyous.

View from our rooftop bees in Westminster. At the London Alchemists we lovingly care for our own bees, located all around London. As we open up our hives for regular inspections, we truly see the magical crafts’man’ship from these talented...