“Enjoy a half days’ activities with beekeepers Ronald & Mary Hunter, when you can learn all about honeybees and the production of honey.”

– Andrew Beale, Managing Director

Then finish off with a delicious three course lunch in the Mary Beale restaurant, with Café du Monde coffee and homemade petits fours.

We will provide you with an information pack, and a jar of West Lodge Park Honey.

 

Also available on Wednesday 30th June, Thursday 15th and Saturday 31st July 

The programme includes:

 

10.00am	Arrival, welcome – tea/coffee/biscuits Introduction to bees
10.15am	Walk to top field, Visit beehives
11.15am	Tea/coffee/biscuits – Q & A
11.30am	Bees and honey – how bees collect nectar and change it to honey. How beekeepers take honey from the hive to the jar. Wax and comb. Candle making activity. Frame making demo. Candle making demo.
12.15pm	Bees and trees. Tree tour and talk about trees visited by bees. Nectar and pollen.
1.00pm	Lunch

Menu

• Served with artisan bread and unsalted butter
• Asparagus, Gruyère and Jersey Royal terrine
  Balsamic and pesto dressing
• Halibut supreme
  Tomato coulis, samphire, potato cake
• West Lodge Park honey parfait
  Almond tuile, crème Anglaise
• Café du Monde coffee or Eilles loose-leaf tea
  Homemade petits fours

Please advise any dietary requests when booking

Time: £80.00 per person
(limited to 6 spaces, payable on booking)

We recommend that participants wear closed footwear – e.g. wellies or boots – and ladies wear trousers. Other protective clothing will be provided for your use during the day.

Beekeeping Experience Morning and Lunch (£80.00 each):