Julia Young spoke to us at our July meeting with tales of sex, violence and adulteration in the life of the honeybee.
Members got to look first hand at the intricate honeycomb made from beeswax that the bees use to store their food and raise their grubs. Julia is also a registered ‘swarm’ collector and is on hand to remove honeybees that have swarmed in the most peculiar places, including the back window of a car!
Julia had brought some of her pure honey to sell and informed us that not all honey is equal and the vast proportion of the honey for sale in supermarkets is adulterated with sugar syrup. Her jars were very popular!