The Bee Centre will be reopening in line with government guidelines on Tuesday 16th June. Opening hours with be Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am to 4.30pm.
There will be a hand sanitising station just inside the door and we would ask that all customers adhere to our request of using this when entering the shop.
There will be floor markings throughout the shop to help our customers keep to the recommended 2 meters social distancing and we will be operating a one-way system throughout the shop.
We are limiting the amount of people in the shop at any one time to:
3 people from different households or,
2 couples from the same household or,
A Family from the same household
The shop will be cashless with only card payments accepted and the card machine will be sanitised after each use.
The shop will also be cleaned at regular intervals throughout the day.
We look forward to welcoming you back!
*Shop only, Café and Bee Exhibition will be closed for the season
Porteath Bee Centre really started as a hobby. Heather started keeping bees in 1970 when a local beekeeper sadly passed away and his wife wanted to rehome the bees Heather being an accommodating person took them in and a home for the three hives were found.
In 1979 the hives of bees were on Eddie’s land in Porteath. Eddie became fascinated during those warm summer afternoons watching the bees buzzing back and forth bringing in the different pollen. However, there were the odd occasions when Eddie would get a little too inquisitive which often resulted in a sting to the nose!
Not discouraged by any nasal discomfort Eddie decided he wanted his own hives and the following year both Heather and Eddie started to increase their hives making nuclei and selling honey at the door.
Bee Supplies
In 1987 they started a little shop underneath Porteath farmhouse calling themselves Porteath Bee Supplies, selling a range of bee supply equipment and making their own polishes and candles.
Exhibition
Two years later the Porteath Bee Centre was built and the following year opened the Living Honey Bee Exhibition.
