Just Bee Honey Blog

Volunteering at Life Share

I met my partner, Anna, back in 2019 BP (Before Pandemic). Amongst the many things I found attractive about Anna was her love for helping other people. As I got to know her better, she told me abou...

How to revive a tired bee

This Summer we've seen a lot of our buzzy friends flying around our wildflower garden. And thankfully, most of the time they look very healthy and happy! But as the summer draws to an end, sometime...

Visiting the bees at Manchester Cathedral

A few years ago, I heard that someone was keeping bees on top of Manchester Cathedral. This really intrigued me, so I decided to go and say hello! The Cathedral staff told me it was a community pro...

A morning at Armitage Primary School

Back in June 2020, we were contacted by Haydn Bettles from Armitage Primary School in Manchester. He wanted to create a wildflower area in school, hoping to attract more bees and butterflies into t...

Why does planting flowers help bees?

Here at Just Bee we are very passionate about planting flowers to help bees. So much so that we happily give away wild flower seeds for free to encourage this! But why exactly do we do this and how...

Are bees endangered?

The definition of an endangered species is any type of plant or animal that is in danger of disappearing forever. There are estimated to be between 20,000 and 30,000 different species of bee around...

Does honey go off?

While it's true that honey does have an incredibly long shelf life, especially when sealed and kept in perfect conditions, that's not the exact conditions most of us keep honey in once we've bought...

How can we help save bees?

There are really only two answers to the question how we can help save the bees; What we can do personally, as individuals, and what we can do collectively around the world. There is some cross-ove...

Is honey good for a cough and sore throat?

While we would be a little reluctant to use the word 'cure', the long history of honey being used to treat coughs and sore throats potentially dates back thousands of years. Many of us will remembe...

Briony's Bee-B-Q (A Bee friendly mini-garden project)

Spring is finally here and so is the promise of some better weather here in the UK. That means it's time to plant those little packets of bee saving flower seeds we've been saving up over the autum...