Do you know how many eyes a bee has (it’s not two!), or which part of its body it uses to taste with (not it’s tongue!)? Or how many hundreds of miles flying it takes to make one teaspoon of honey for your toast? If the answer is no, this talk will inform, amaze and, hopefully, entertain you.

Beekeeper and author Richard Rickitt gives a fascinating and entertaining talk about bees and beekeeping. You will find out about the extraordinary lifecycle of honeybees, how they live, breed, communicate, and, perhaps most importantly, make honey!

This lavishly illustrated talk - perfect for Zoom meetings - takes a peek inside a beehive, explaining the complex, finely-tuned relationship of its tens-of-thousands of inhabitants. The talk will be of interest to anyone who gardens, would like to know more about bees and beekeeping, or who just enjoys a bit of honey on their porridge.

"Often experts in their subject are so knowledgeable that they bore their audience. Not so with Richard Rickitt - the Bee Man: His enthusiasm is infectious, his knowledge of bees is a result of years of practical bee keeping and he engages his listeners with amazing details of the life of these remarkable insects. Richard has a talent as an outstanding presenter and entertainer and ranks among the best we have ever heard. We booked him for another talk immediately."

Graham Baskerville, Chippenham Rotary Club & former college principal