Durham University Beekeeping Society

Checking out our mason bee cocoons for #WorldBeeDay2022

🐝 How do the movements of a bee affect how it learns about colours and patterns? As it's #WorldBeeDay (and in homage to our own Billy Bee) we're featuring this article, co-authored by @Lena_Riab (@DurBiol) as our article of the week. Read it here 👇 dro.dur.ac.uk/35832/

Please sign the petition and retweet to save the bees

Hey Beekeeping Twitter! We're currently looking for volunteer speakers for some society events next term. Are you a beekeeper? A scientist who works with bees (not just honeybees!)? Someone who works with or just knows a lot about bees? We'd love to hear from you! Please RT 🐝🐝

Please note this can be in person or online!

Why not #BeeCrafty and download our bee-themed craft pack, which includes ideas and instructions for a number of craft activities, kindly provided kindly by the @DU_beekeeping? 🐝👇 libguides.durham.ac.uk/ld.php?content… (1/2)

Our 12 Days of WellBEEing campaign is fast approaching, and our theme on Wednesday 8th December is WellBEEing crafts!

Here’s the Govt release on the finding which was made by a beekeeper near their hives -Asian hornet identified in Ascot - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/new…

What a great turnout to our first session! Looking forward to the coming year and meeting the next generation of beekeepers! 🐝🐝🐝

It was great meeting you all at Fresher's Fair this week. We look forward to seeing you all again at our first session of the year!🐝🐝🐝

All set up now!

We'll be at the University Freshers' Fair tomorrow. Come look for us to find more about Beekeeping! #durhamuniversity #durhamfreshers

Update 'Cosmic flowers' Our cosmic flowers (Cosmos) are doing splendidly. You might have noticed them as you come in through the main Rochester front doors! Thanks again to Mike at the botanic gardens for giving us the plants earlier this year!

Nice to see a student garden with a good amount of nature!

The bumblebees are loving the Indian Hawthorne in the garden!

Our mason bees are doing very well. 6 filled tubes! One of the bees was very obliging and made it's nest in the draw so we can see it - amazing how much pollen is with each egg.

Our first honey of the year!

Happy to announce we have won this years DSU award for Best New Society! Here is to continuing our work next year!