Today I went to talk to the Headmistress of Hazel Oak school about keeping bees. This is a special school in Shirley and I know that one of the teachers is very keen. Hazel Oak have a fab garden where they grow vegetables and keep chickens and bees would be a great addition.
They were several health and safety concerns and we talked about where to keep them and various strategies to keep bees and pupils separate. I suggested a netting enclosure at the far end of the field with possibly a perimeter fence if more security were required.
It was a really interesting meeting with Mrs Jenkins asking me what would be the benefit to the school of having bees on site and I was busy thinking up all the ways that bees could become part of the school curriculum. Cooking, environmental studies, history, science, carpentary, politics. The list could go on and on......
So hopefully by next summer there might be bees at Hazel Oak.
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