In this episode, my guest is Camilla Goddard, founder and owner of Capital Bee (http://www.capitalbee.co.uk), an urban beekeeping operation in London, England. Camilla keeps around 70 beehives for businesses and organisations around London, teaches beekeeping courses on the rooftop of a 4-star luxury hotel, and finds homes for vulnerable bumblebees and honeybees.
We start with Camilla's journey getting started in beekeeping and go into the importance of bees for both the environment and humans and why they play a crucial role in our ecosystem. Although Camilla recognises the challenges bees are facing, she is hopeful they can adapt and flourish, despite urbanisation and climate change.
Resources
Hornbeam wood purchased via https://woodlands.co.uk;
Varroa Mites feed on larvae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varroa_destructor;
Quakers greatly value sustainability: https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/sustainability;
Beekeeping workshops at the St. Ermine's Hotel London: https://www.sterminshotel.co.uk/offers/beekeeping-workshops/;
Urban beekeeping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_beekeeping;
Lime trees (aka Linden trees): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia;
Tree of Heaven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_altissima;
St Ermine's Bee and Bee Hotel: https://www.sterminshotel.co.uk/about/bees-kitchen-garden/our-bees/;
To learn more about bee hotels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_hotel;
Amazon sells Insect Hotels: http://bit.ly/2H3qDQh
Pesticide poisoning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees;
Asian Hornets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_hornet;
Privets act as nectaries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privet;
Capital Bee's Honey: http://www.capitalbee.co.uk/sites-and-honey/;
Bee Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_KD1enR3Q.
Guide to Bees and Honey by Ted Hooper: http://bit.ly/2H3qNqR
Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley: http://bit.ly/2Vk6WO9
Cooking with Honey by Dr Paul J Vagg: http://bit.ly/2H6Ofn5
You can read the transcript of this episode here: http://bit.ly/CamillaGoddardTranscript
Watch the full episode: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Camilla-Goddard
