The annual Kairos honey harvest BBQ was held last week at Guildersfield Road. Fearless beekeepers Kenny and Locksley took honeycombs from two hives, contending with very active and stinging bees that wouldn’t be “smoked” into submission. (“Proper south London bees” was the beekeepers’ verdict.) They then demonstrated how the honey is extracted, first breaking the […]
The spring inspection of Kairos beehives has revealed that only three hives have survived the winter. However, the good news is that this morning at least one hive in Streatham has an active queen. It is only when she is laying eggs that the worker bees go out to forage, returning to the hive with […]
Kairos head beekeeper Kenny and his team had a successful honey harvest at the end of last month, collecting a total of 30lbs of honey from seven hives in the gardens of Kairos houses in Streatham and Wandsworth. At an open day and BBQ, they introduced the bees to Kairos residents, staff and families and […]
On their first inspection of the year last Thursday, Kairos beekeepers found that eight out of our nine hives have survived the exceptionally hard winter; the bees look healthy and ready for their summer work of pollination across the parks and gardens of south London. About our bees