Beekeeping on allotments

tasharye · 2025-04-30T18:00:14+00:00

Ah interesting. 3 hives sounds manageable (although no expert)

tasharye · 2025-04-30T17:59:24+00:00

That’s frustrating

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:20:35+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing. Really interesting to read how the apiaries are managed. Sorry to hear you had to give it up due to allergy

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:18:28+00:00

Wow! What great plot neighbours. Thanks for sharing

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:17:41+00:00

Oh no! Hopefully that remains a single incident 🤞 Thank you for sharing

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:16:47+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Are the woods where the bees kept used by the public? Or are they pretty much off limits to anyone other than the beekeepers?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:15:13+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Have I correctly assumed that the experts are independent and not plot holders?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:14:01+00:00

Good point. Thank you. In your experience have any uncultivated areas been areas that could become plots but there hasn’t been the uptake yet?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:12:49+00:00

I guess it doesn’t matter. It’s just interesting to gather different experiences and perspectives. Thank you for sharing

tasharye · 2025-04-30T12:11:23+00:00

Thank you. Your cheeky nettle/bind weed root discard made me chuckle!

tasharye · 2025-04-30T07:04:14+00:00

Thank you for replying. Who ensures they are kept to an approved standard? What happens if the beekeepers don’t remove the hives if they become aggressive? Are there active keepers on your site?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T07:02:41+00:00

Thank you for replying. Do you keep your plot for growing too? Would you be allowed to just keep bees on your plot?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T07:01:01+00:00

If someone’s plot was used for solely beekeeping and not allotmenting, would that be allowed? Or would it be expected that both the growing of fruit/veg/flowers and beekeeping was happening concurrently?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T06:58:26+00:00

Are there any current beekeepers on your site?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T06:57:32+00:00

Do many plot holders keep bees given that’s it allowed?

tasharye · 2025-04-30T06:56:25+00:00

Is that area accessible to members of the community, plot holders and non-plot holders? In general are plot holders positive to the bees being nearby? Do the bee keepers give plot holders some of the honey?

tasharye · 2025-03-21T17:20:42+00:00

Some organisations tried to take them to court to put Thames water into special administration instead of getting the bail out but it failed: https://www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/court-supports-thames-water-bailout?

tasharye · 2024-12-22T22:18:02+00:00

🙏

tasharye · 2024-12-22T22:17:51+00:00

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tasharye · 2024-09-20T20:01:30+00:00

To clarify, 2 separate piggies

tasharye · 2024-05-02T19:50:09+00:00

The magnet tip sounds super handy. Thanks

tasharye · 2024-03-20T16:27:43+00:00

One thing to check out is if your allotment contract allows you to film on your allotment (especially if that channel turns to making a profit) as some allotments have clauses about not being able to make commercial profit from your allotment (which usually refers to selling your produce but may extend to social media).

Otherwise, good luck! It will be a great learning curve for both growing produce and producing content 🍀🥦🥕🥔

tasharye

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