BeesMAX at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary
Wildheart Animal Sanctuary has a BeesMax bee hive installed on the grounds, supporting the crucial rehoming programme from BeesMax. The hive also provides a resource for visitors to learn about the life of bees, the programmes in place to support the regeneration of the bee population in the UK, and how their existence plays a crucial role in our lives.
GETTING INVOLVED
The hive at the sanctuary
Since the original installation the BeesMAX honeybees at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary the location has become a really important feature on the BeesMAX calendar and we’d like to thank all the staff who have championed this through to completion.
There is so much that can be learned by adults and children going the distance and putting on specialist beekeeping PPE and observing the interior of a colony.
Contact BeesMAXEvents and linked hives
BeesMAX have organised some exciting beekeeping events for 2023 to be held on the Isle of Wight where BeesMAX has hives located. Contact BeesMAX below if you’d like to be informed of all their upcoming events.
ISLE OF WIGHT HIVES
The Garlic Farm
Check out the hives at The Garlic Farm.
Oakfield Primary School
Check out the hives at Oakfield Primary School.
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Check out the hives at Ventnor Botanic Garden.
Wildheart Animal Sanctuary
This page is dedicated to the hives at The Animal Sanctuary.
An insight into our bees
Insights and Research from the BeesMAX hives.
How Infrared Technology is Revolutionising Bee Health Monitoring
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Eight reasons honeybees die in the winter. A challenge for humanity.
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Pollen as food medicine
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Video Playlist
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Archive Photos – Wildheart Animal Sanctuary
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Watch OUR LIVESTREAM
This beehive camera shows a live stream of the honeybee colony every day, 24 hours throughout the year. Notice the clock inset displaying UK local time. Even at night the honeybees can be seen resting but still moving around.
Viewing the livestream
There are various facilities for you to use so please explore the time lapse clips on the left side bar. Expand to view full screen by first hovering over the bottom bar and then clicking various on the bottom right-hand side.
Latest
Over the winter this honeybee colony has survived very well and you can see several thousand in the cluster beginning to organise themselves to initiate spring breeding. The queen will probably start to lay eggs in early March.
BeesMAX and Arnia IT
Arnia is a company, like BeesMAX, concerned with bee health, but from a more technical standpoint. They have developed technology that goes into a hive and records data that is sent back to the beekeeper.
Arnia IT inside a hive
Sensors are fitted inside the hive in order to monitor the colony’s behaviour and these statistics are then sent, via a gateway, to the user’s devices, allowing them to better understand their own bees. The data collected can be compared across different hives using the same technology.
So why Arnia?
The Arnia system opens up a whole world of educational opportunities and provides a more in-depth experience.
It is unique in combining colony acoustics monitoring with brood temperature, hive humidity, hive weight and apiary weather to provide detailed insight into hive conditions and bee behaviour. No other system provides this richness of data.
Our team
The Arnia IT system in action
Through the use as part of our Honeybee Rewilding Scheme, we aim to provide depleted wild colonies with a new habitat in which the bees can reorganise and restructure. As well as placing these in woodland areas, they also offer schools, individuals and businesses the opportunity to install hives on their sites to support the rewilding of our honeybee colonies.
Host A HiveHow to support Wildheart’s honeybee conservation
There are a number of ways friends of Wildheart Animal Sanctuary can support the sanctuary’s hives with the honeybee rewilding conservation project. Take a peek below and let us know how you’d like to help.
Join An Event
Join an event hosted on the Isle of Wight and learn about the urban rewilding project on the Isle.
Isle of Wight Honey
Every pot of Isle of Wight honey sold raises money that goes directly back in to support the rewilding project.
Host Your Own Hive
Hosting your own hive will help us build the conservation corridor to help support our bees. Help us increase the number of conservation hives.
Contact BeesMAX
Contact us for further information about hives at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, upcoming events, or hosting your own hive.