Church Bees

We keep bees in the churchyard: two hives, with a third added this year when we captured a swarm.

The honey harvest this year took place on Saturday 22 August. Our team of trainee beekeepers, led by Henrik Rammer, opened up the hives and removed the frames, took them to his summer house, and span out the honey.

It’s not a bumper year this year. July was too dry. But there’s still about 25 kg of honey, now in little pots, which we’ll bring along to the Harvest Festival for thanksgiving, then make available.

Meanwhile, the bees will make a bit more to see them through the winter. And we’ll all see what next year brings.

With thanks to Henrik and the Bee-Team!

It all began before Covid. Back then, we helped start Stockholm Loves Pollinators - to persuade the City to manage its spaces in a pollinator-friendly way, for the sake of all of us.

Getting a beehive was the next step in raising our awareness of the crash in pollinator numbers - and fulfilled a small dream: we were half-way to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Since then, we’ve added another hive, weathered a couple of difficult winters, run training courses in beekeeping, and now we are looking forward to a great honey harvest is 2026.