On a recent day trip to Paris I bought a pot of Honey from a bookshop at the always worth a visit Parc de Villettes; mainly to support the growing French 'Concrete Honey' movement and secondly to see how the French fair when compared to London's Urban Beekeepers.
Well it stands up very well indeed and when coupled with the fact that the phrase 'Concrete Honey' is just so dam sexy I wanted to see if a could get some more closer to home.
Amazingly the French artistic co-operative 'Parti Poetique is bringing 'The Honey bank' project to London. Mixing Art Architecture and Beekeeping to stunning effect, this could turn out to bee the most fascinating part of the City of London Festival.
On June 22 I'd suggest a day out to the bottom of the Festival Gardens for a little further investigation. Here you'll find a Honey Feast. Maybe wear long trousers and bring a queen.
For those of you who are already tuned in to the idea of doing your own beekeeping I'd suggest signing up for the one-day 'bee keeping taster' course held in Battersea, by Brian, founder of UrbanBees.co.uk . I went a few months back now and have been searching demonically ever since in my local nooks and crannies for a place to start.
