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CONTACT

How To Find Us

103 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3XB

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Dale Gibson
Beekeeping and Apis Consulting
dale@bermondseystreetbees.co.uk

@bstreetbees
@bermondseybees
@apisconsult

Please note that we do not offer swarm collection services.
Visit bbka.org.uk/swarm for your nearest collector.

Sarah Wyndham Lewis
Press, Events, Sales, Honey Sommelier
Tel: 07836 592415
sarah@bermondseystreetbees.co.uk

@sarahwyndham.lewis
@plantingforhoneybees
@honeysommelierlondon

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‪A routine inspection of the bees at Portobello

‪A routine inspection of the bees at Portobello Dock by our Seasonal Bee Inspector - all in excellent health, the perfect ambassadors at this amazing location for @stevieparle ‘s new restaurant venue.

Despite lockdown, enterprising spirits are rising through the uncertainty. Bravo!‬

#enterprisingspirits #bermondseystreetbees #sustainablebeekeeping #beeinspector #cleanbillofhealth #portobellodock #stevieparle #duckweed #canalsidebees

All of our chef’s honey buckets now leave our Ho

All of our chef’s honey buckets now leave our Honey HQ with a plain, unsensational message on a green roundel.

With just 14% of the honey consumed in the U.K. created by British bees, the interconnectivity between local produce, genuine honey & sustainability deserves a shout out.‬

#sustainablebeekeeping #localproduce #artisanhoney #cheflife #chefsbuckets #honeybuckets #bermondseystreetbees #plantingforhoneybees #honeysommelierlondon #greencircle #honeyhq

‪Dusk falling over the hives - human and hymenop

‪Dusk falling over the hives - human and hymenoptera.‬ #rooftopbees #hives rooftophives #habitation #humanandhymenoptera #urban #urbanlodgings

Repost • @sarahwyndham.lewis “We beg and borro

Repost • @sarahwyndham.lewis “We beg and borrow any patches of land we can find, and we dig.” Dale talking about the absolute necessity of adding to urban plantings to feed honeybees and take the pressure off wild pollinators. .
With London now clocking up the greatest hive density in Europe, maintaining biodiversity through pollinator-supporting planting has never been more vital. .
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Images from ‘Meet the Locals’ a stunning one-off magazine featuring photography by @holly_wren and words by Emma Vickers. Images originally commissioned by @theshardlondon .
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#feedthebees #pollinatorplanting #plantingforpollinators #plantingforhoneybees#greenoffset #sustainablebeekeeping #bermondseystreetbees #urbangreening

‪So - are we all doing this face mask thing and

‪So - are we all doing this face mask thing and social distancing, or not? ‬#bees

Honeybees don’t have an “Off” button. These

Honeybees don’t have an “Off” button. These bees are busily mopping up the vestiges of summer forage. Their age-old instinct is to keep on bringing in food to store, as long as it’s available. That’s why beekeepers can take any surplus honey from beehives with a clear conscience.

‪It’s not often that I’m asked by a man in a

‪It’s not often that I’m asked by a man in a van in deepest Essex: “Do you know where I can find Hobbits”- & my answer is “Yes. It’s just 75 yards on your right” (it’s the only place I know for miles around) & sometimes you’ll be lucky enough to find the beekeepers’ Gandalf there!‬ #clivedebruyn #bermondseystreetbees #beekeepersgandalf #gandalf #beekeepingcanbehobbitforming #inmemoriamquentinhenderson

Repost• @belleswhisky #VirtualTasting number 14!

Repost• @belleswhisky #VirtualTasting number 14! 🥃
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Absolutely buzzing 🐝 about this month’s tasting, in the run up to National Honeybee Day! Not only will we be tasting Aberfeldy, but also two different raw honeys from Bermondsey Street Bees 🐝 . We’ll be joined by @honeysommelierlondon who will tell us about honey and how to pick up flavour nuances - and @kaitlinwilkesback who will then take us through how to make a cocktail with 🍯 and Aberfeldy 12 🥃
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So if you’re free on Thursday 6th August at 7pm and fancy getting stuck in 🍯 with this tasting on zoom then DM me to get involved, and we’ll send you out all the samples! (N.B : we only have 60 sets this time round)
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#aberfeldy #honey #cocktails #bacardilife #bermondseystreetbees

Repost • @thecharterhousegardens Do you want to

Repost • @thecharterhousegardens Do you want to help the bees? This handy little book is available at our online shop checkout @charterhouselondon website for loads of great gifts! 🐝 link in bio
@bstreetbees #thecharterhouse #charterhousegardens #plantingforhoneybees #bees #beeplants #plantingforwildlife #plantingforpollinators #geraniumrozanne #flowerfix #flowerreport #flowersofinstagram #flowers #gardens #gardening #plantingforhoneybees

‪Every beekeeper has a tell-tale, signposting th

‪Every beekeeper has a tell-tale, signposting the end of summer nectar flows. For us and our bees, privet trees white-bursting into flower highlight the end of the season. On its own, privet honey is angular and malodorous, but it adds an uplifting tang to our Bermondsey Street Honey.‬

‪Set against an impressionist backdrop, here’s

‪Set against an impressionist backdrop, here’s one of our bees foraging on veronicastrum virginicum “Fascination” in @visitlambethpalace ‘s 800-year-old garden. This urban idyll is expertly & gently managed, chemical-free & has seen major pollinator-friendly plantings in recent years.‬

@hiltonbankside’s four beehives are set in an ur

@hiltonbankside’s four beehives are set in an urban skyscape on a green roof next to the penthouse suite. By their funding of local @bostse1 plantings & safeguarding the bees’ welfare through the hotel’s lockdown, they exemplify corporate commitment to biodiversity & sustainability.‬ #sustainablebeekeeping #hiltonbankside #rooftopbees #safeguardingbees #plantingforhoneybees #bermondseystreetbees #banksideopenspacestrust #skyscape #greenroof

‪Did you know that beekeeping was illegal in New

‪Did you know that beekeeping was illegal in New York City until 2010? Andrew Cote’s “Honey & Venom” lifts the lid on NYC’s apiculture, from his @andrewshoney stall tucked away @unsqgreenmarket to the skyscraper heights of his bee-adventures. A rebel - but one with a very special cause!‬ #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorkbeekeeping #honeyandvenom #apiculture #beekeepingbook #rebelwithaspecialcause

We don’t keep hives on roofs above tree-top heig

We don’t keep hives on roofs above tree-top height (since honeybees evolved in trees). However, our urban rooftop apiaries have a smaller honey surplus this year than their ground-level counterparts. A long, dry spell & recent blustery winds have affected them disproportionately. #sustainablebeekeeping #swingsandroundabouts #rooftopbees #urbanbees #honeysurplus #beefarmer

Repost • @lodestarsanthology Over the past few w

Repost • @lodestarsanthology Over the past few weeks @orlandogili and I have wandered the streets of #Bermondsey photographing and interviewing chefs and food producers. We have discussed the allure of #restaurants, importance of good produce, love of food, and the joy it is brining is in lockdown. Up now on our online journal.
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“When London went into lockdown at the end of March, life changed. We baked, turned to phone calls, saw neighbourhood walks as an adventure and did our best to adapt to the new normal. It has not been easy. Many have struggled, plans have been paused, and it is likely that the world we shall return to will be entirely different from the one we have known. But while our horizons may have temporarily shrunk, this time has also reminded us just how connected we all are. It has reinforced the power of community, encouraged us to look back, and proved that joy can be found in the simplest of things.”
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Pictured here, Dale of @bstreetbees.
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Thanks to @taylorsofmaltbyst @jose_pizarro @angelacooking @baccalalondon @bartozino @comptoirg, @thatsbanging and @siciliangoodsspecialist for spending time with us! #foodphotography #foodstagram #foodie #foodiesofinstagram #foodlover #foodforfoodies #restaurantlife #foodmarket #maltbystreetmarket #maltbystreet #chefsofinstagram #cheflife #cheftable #londontravel #londonrestaurant #londonrestaurants #portraitphotography

For 80 million years, bees have been sculpting in

For 80 million years, bees have been sculpting in wax. 6,000 years ago, homo sapiens caught on and invented the “lost wax” casting technique. We’ve even supplied @cheftomkerridge wife @bethcullenkerridge with our bees’ wax for her sculptures, while @handfmarlow served up their honey! #sustainablebeekeeping #beeswax #waxinglyrical #lostwaxcasting #bermondseystreetbees #honeysommelierlondon #sculpture

‪A heavenly reflection on the back of our bee-va

‪A heavenly reflection on the back of our bee-van...‬ #sustainablebeekeeping #lambethplace #heavenlyview #reflection #bermondseystreetbees #urbanbees #vangogh

‪Our simple advice for urban dwellers who wish t

‪Our simple advice for urban dwellers who wish to plant for honeybees is to grow culinary herbs in window boxes (and let them flower, of course!) Here’s an endorsement of that proposal by a visitor to the Purple Basil on our roof this afternoon: a treat for humans and bees alike!‬ #plantingforhoneybees #planititandtheywillcome #bermondseystreetbees #purplebasil #sustainablebeekeeping #ultraviolet #herbs #windowboxes #urbanbees

With everything else that’s going on, you might

With everything else that’s going on, you might not have noticed that daylight hours started shortening after 20th June. Consequently, the egg-laying rate of queen bees has peaked & our hives are bursting with bee-brood in all stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult). So it’s not all bad news... #summersolstice #daysgettingshorter #broodframe #bermondseystreetbees #beebrood #subliminalbranding

‪Plenty of supers on the hives around the Stave

‪Plenty of supers on the hives around the Stave Hill Ecological Park shed today, now that the lime trees have bloomed and podded. We’ve been extracting after a short, sharp lime flow following the rains. I love the green/gold glint of that lime honey racing through the honey-gate!‬ #sustainablebeekeeping #bermondseystreetbees #bermondseybees #limehoney #lindenhoney #glintofgold #supers #stavehill #apiary #londonhoney #urbanbeekeeping

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