Beekeepers seeking funds to create communal hives

Beekeepers are hoping to create a buzz of support in Sleaford to create a communal collection of hives with donations from Co-op customers.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Oct 2019, 19:00 BST
Looking for funding to create their own communal apiary - Sleaford Beekeepers. EMN-190810-090943001Looking for funding to create their own communal apiary - Sleaford Beekeepers. EMN-190810-090943001
Looking for funding to create their own communal apiary - Sleaford Beekeepers. EMN-190810-090943001

Sleaford Beekeepers Group hopes to create an apiary of four to six hives on farmland near Cranwell if they can secure enough cash from the Lincolnshire Co-op Community Champions Scheme.

As one of three projects supported by the Sleaford store this month, Co-op Dividend Card holders vote for which one should get a greater share of the donation. Voting runs for a month. Each card holder can vote for a cause linked to their local store and vote again online for any cause listed in the county.

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Keith Baker from the group says it has around 60 members and they hope to create somewhere they can all meet: “We are renting a piece of land and hope to start establishing the hives in the spring. We can then give training to members and even breed bees.”

The group also provides a free swarm collection service in the summer months and have a honey show at Caythorpe Village Hall on October 19.

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