Mr Davies said: “Our pubs are all about people: the people who work in them, drink in them and live in the communities around them. We’re pleased as it means the bees must be happy in their new pub garden homes and will continue to produce honey.” Mr Farrell said: “This is an unexpected bonus as it usually takes colonies a year to settle in before they yield any. The bees have already produced some honey. These include the Cherry Tree in Stoke Row, the Hare and Hounds in Sonning Common and the Chequers at Berrick Salome.īrakspear will look to sell the honey produced by the bees to raise money for maintenence of the hives and potentially having more. The company has recently installed 12 beehives across three leased and tenanted sites and two manages houses working with professional beekeeper John Farrell, of Chiltern Bee. Money will also go towards bee conservation, which Brakspear has supported for some years. Requests for match funding will be welcomed within the company’s leased and tenanted estate and managed division.Īpplications will be reviewed by a team of eight Giving Back committee members, chaired by Alexa Davies, wife of chief executive Tom Davies. The Henley pub company’s Giving Back scheme will involve making donations totalling £25,000 a year to charities and good causes in collaboration with its 120 pubs. BRAKSPEAR has launched a new initiative to donate money to good causes as well as increasing its efforts to protect bees.
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