BeesMAX at Reef Estates – The Courtyard
BeesMax bee hives have been installed at Reef Estates – The Courtyard supporting the crucial rehoming programme from BeesMax. The hives also provides a resource for the local community 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 hives at Reef Estates – The Courtyard
Since the original installation the BeesMAX honeybees at Reef Estates – The Courtyard the location has become an 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 staff going the distance and putting on specialist beekeeping PPE and observing the interior of a colony.
Contact BeesMAXFurther Information
BeesMAX have organised some exciting beekeeping events to be held at a variety of locations where BeesMAX has hives located. Contact BeesMAX below if you’d like to be informed of all their upcoming events.
GETTING INVOLVEDUpcoming Events
Contact BeesMAX below if you’d like to be informed of all their upcoming events at Reef Estates – The Courtyard.
Buying BeesMAX Honey
Every pot of Reef Estates – The Courtyard honey sold raises money that goes directly back in to support the rewilding project.
Want to be involved?
We very much want to spread the word and increase the number of rewilding hives across the UK. Please do contact us if you’d like to find out more.
An insight into our bees
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Video Playlist
Click the ‘hamburger’ icon on the top right of the video below to see all videos in the Tree Bee Rescue playlist.
Photo Gallery – Reef Estates – The Courtyard
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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.
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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 Reef Estates – The Courtyard’s honeybee conservation
There are a number of ways friends of Reef Estates – The Courtyard can support the 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 by BeesMAX and learn about the urban rewilding project in the UK.
BeesMAX Honey
Every pot of BeesMAX 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 Reef Estates – The Courtyard, upcoming events, or hosting your own hive.