So far there are 9 of us in the bee coop, with four hives on 2 locations on opposite sides of Leeds.  It's taken over a year to be ready for our colonies to arrive, but they are here now.  We spent last winter writting a constitution for the coop and building 4 top bar hives.  We've all been on bee keeping courses, bought our suits, some belonging to the coop and visited other local bee keepers to learn a bit more.  Initial funding for the project came from Leeds and Wakefield Cooperative Membership committee.  Working as a group makes the whole responsibility of beekeeping feel more managable.  We've found another common interest of wine making and tasting, keeping our meetings entertaining.

We are registered with www.beetight.com hive and Bee base (DEFRA), belong to the Bradford Beekeepers Association and through them the Yorkshire and British Beekeepers Associations.  We are also part of Leeds Permaculture Network.