‘There is something special in this old town,From Piccadilly Gardens to Ancoats, we’re proud,Folk are so busy but we still stop to chat,The Manchester Bee rests upon someone’s hat.’ The Manchester Bee is a new illustrated children’s book written by Peter...
I’ve previously written about some of the harder-to-find bees dotted across Manchester in various articles, but I thought it would be nice to bring a few of them together in a single post, while also highlighting a few I’ve not featured on the site before....
If you’ve ever passed along Alexandra Road South in Whalley Range, you may well have spotted the red-brick exterior of St Bede’s College Vaughan building. It’s only when you look closely that you notice the bees adorning both the college’s coat of arms and flying over...
Located within 2 St Peter’s Square, just next to the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, Hive is a 16 foot interactive art installation that was installed back in April 2019. Commissioned by CBRE and created by James Billington (founder of event and floristry...
One of the reasons the Manchester Bee is such a ubiquitous sight around the city centre is its use on street furniture, most notably on bollards and bins but also on other objects as well. Below, I’ll be detailing a number of the its different uses, from the abundant...
Standing 217 feet (66 metres) high, the clock tower of what is now The Principal Manchester was the tallest building in Manchester for many years. A famous landmark, with four clock faces visible across the city, and upon each clock face four bees in flight indicating...
