Lune Valley Community Beekeepers is a charitable incorporated organisation whose objectives are to:
Promote the craft of keeping of honey bees
Provide education and practical support to enhance the standard of beekeeping husbandry
Provide education and practical support to enhance the quantity and quality of forage available to honey bees and other pollinators
Raise public awareness of the import
ance of honey bees to the environment and the economy. We believe in a responsible style of beekeeping that:
Treats the bee colony as a complete organism
Minimises intrusions into the colony
Allows the bees’ own swarming impulses to determine reproduction
Overwinters colonies on their own honey
Maintains colony density at a level appropriate to local forage conditions
Does not involve the use of chemicals. Whilst these principles can be applied using almost any type of hive, we promote the use of long hives. These offer all the flexibility of conventional vertical hives without the need for heavy lifting. This not only permits greater hive insulation but enables access for those in wheelchairs. We are committed to making the world a better place for pollinators by:
Creating more pollinator-friendly habitats
By discouraging the use of ‘pesticides’
Planting and encouraging native, flowering plants
Encouraging beekeepers to adopt more ‘nature-friendly’ methods
Promoting the use of native, or near-native bees, and discouraging imports.
