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Bees at Greatwood
For those of you that do not know, we actually keep bees here at Greatwood. We have three qualified beekeepers here at school who are registered with the British Beekeeping Association.
Who are our beekeepers?
Mrs Bealey
Mrs Smith
Mrs Yeoman
What kind of bees do we keep?
We currently have one colony of bees here at Greatwood. They are honey bees,
Where do you keep the bees?
We have had a special area purposely built in our school grounds which is called an apiary. The bees live in a wooden hive which was built by Mrs Bealey. We have a second hive (built by Mrs Yeoman) for next year when we will hopefully have two colonies.
How many bees are in one hive?
Honey bee colonies consist of a single queen, hundreds of male drones and 20,000 to 80,000 female worker bees.
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Greatwood Community Primary & Nursery School,
Pinhaw Road,
Skipton, North Yorkshire,
BD23 2SJ
01756 793609
Northern Star Academies Trust is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in the North of England, comprising of 8 schools – a charitable Trust focusing on the public advancement of education for the public benefit.
Telephone: 01756 707600
Greatwood Community Primary & Nursery School is operated by Northern Star Academies Trust, an exempt charity regulated by the Secretary of State for Education. It is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 07553531), whose registered office is at 77 Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1QN (where a list of members may be inspected).