Fancy doing something a little different? The Lottery funded BEE You project is coming to Runcorn to hold its first free summer school.
Halton Borough Council is looking for young people aged 15 to 24-years-old who would like to learn about the ancient art of Bee Keeping and taking honey products to market. Running two days a week over the holidays.
Norton Priory will be hosting the event enabling us budding apiculturists to explore the historical site and beautiful surroundings.
Halton Borough Council’s Executive Board Member for Children, Young People and Families, Cllr Tom McInerney, said: “This is a great opportunity to learn about these fascinating creatures.”
Booking is essential. To reserve your place or ask any questions please forward your name and age to Lynnekavanagh@blackburnehouse.co.uk or call 0151 709 4356 ext 2224
Human beekeeping or apiculture has been practised for millennia, since at least the times of Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. Apart from honey and pollination, honey bees produce beeswax, royal jelly and propolis.
Bees have appeared in mythology and folklore, again since ancient times, and they feature in works of literature as varied as Virgil’s Georgics, Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, and W. B. Yeats’s poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree.
Bee larvae are included in the Javanese dish botok tawon, where they are eaten steamed with shredded coconut.
The sessions are run from 10am to 3pm. Mon 31 July – Tuesday 1 August Mon 7 August Tuesday 8 August Mon 14 August Tuesday 15 August Mon 21 August Tuesday 22 August Tuesday 29 August Wednesday 30 August