YOUR BOWES PARK NEWS | EVENTS | INFORMATION NEWSLETTER OF THE BOWES PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AUTUMN 2019 | ISSUE 34 BOWESPARK.ORG.UK |
[email protected] INSTAGRAM BOWES_PARK | TWITTER @BOWES_PARK | FACEBOOK BOWES PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION What’s on Meet your local….. Bee Keeper, Geoffrye NOVEMBER “My spare room is full of honey!” 02 - Scout Park Fireworks 03 - Myddleton Road Market Tucked away in a house near Sunshine Garden Centre, is 12 - BPCA AGM one of the most accomplished Bee Keepers in London. Geoffrye Hood is training to be a Master Bee-keeper, of DECEMBER which there are only 3 in the capital. He’s also recently 01 - Myddleton Road Winter Festival won the prize for the best tasting honey at the London 07 - Bowes Park Ceilidh Beekeeping Association bench of the National Honey 14 - Finsbury Garden Xmas Carols Show. This might go some way to explaining why his honey is so popular. The local JANUARY raw honey is not only super tasty, but is also thought to have health benefits 05 - Myddleton Road Market too. It’s been recommended to people with hayfever, it can ease sore throats, and contains similar bacteria and enzymes to a probiotic, which can FEBRUARY aid digestion. 02 - Myddleton Road Market But for Geoffrye, the honey is just a by-product of getting to hang out with 27 - Bounds Green Window Show some of his favourite creatures. “I did a physics degree and was taught never to just accept a theory but to prove it, and I do that all the time with bees. Giveaway Their behaviour is just fascinating”.