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Royal Bees: Sweet Charity & Buzzing Biodiversity
14 Oct
Summary
- Royal hives at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House produce honey for royal kitchens.
- Queen Camilla's honey sales benefit Nigeria's first Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
- Bee-friendly flowers are planted across royal gardens to support pollinators.
Royal beekeeping initiatives by King Charles III and Queen Camilla are generating honey for royal kitchens and supporting charitable causes. Six beehives are situated at Buckingham Palace (four hives) and Clarence House (two hives), producing over 300 jars of honey annually for use in royal culinary preparations and events.
Queen Camilla also produces honey at her Wiltshire home, with sales through Fortnum & Mason benefiting Mirabel, Nigeria's first Sexual Assault Referral Centre. As Patron of Mirabel since 2021, her charitable efforts extend to supporting this vital organization.
Furthermore, Queen Camilla, as president of Bees for Development since 2020, champions a charity working in over 50 countries. This organization focuses on poverty reduction and biodiversity improvement by training beekeepers and protecting bee habitats.
The royal family actively supports pollinators by planting bee-friendly flowers at Balmoral and Highgrove. These measures, alongside the maintenance of beehives across royal residences like Sandringham, demonstrate a commitment to encouraging wild bees and enhancing the environments they depend on.
