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Beekeeping Experience Morning and lunch - 15th July
Thursday, July 15, 2021

“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 Saturday 5th and Wednesday 30th June 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
Price: £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.
Special events list:
- Thu 16 Jan Mary Beale Book Launch and tour
- Fri 29 Jan Burns Night 2021
- 12th, 13th & 14th… Valentine's Dinner
- Sun 09 May Garden Open Day - May
- Wed 19 May The Legacy of Enfield Chase
- Sat 05 Jun Beekeeping Experience Morning and lunch -5th June
- Sun 20 Jun Father's Day
- Fri 25 Jun Concert Dinner - June
- Wed 30 Jun Beekeeping Experience Morning and lunch - 30th June
- Thu 15 Jul Beekeeping Experience Morning and lunch - 15th July
- Sat 31 Jul Beekeeping Experience Morning and lunch - 31st July
- Fri 24 Sep Italian Gourmet Evening
- Fri 08 Oct Concert Dinner – October
- Sun 24 Oct Garden Open Day - October
- Apr to Oct 2021 Arboretum Tour and Lunch or Afternoon Tea
- Sun 12 Dec Christmas Concert Dinner
- Sun 01 Dec The Beales Hotels online store has a selection of hotel events and gifts.
