{"id":1055,"date":"2018-03-19T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2019-08-12T22:13:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T21:13:02","slug":"city-centre-beehives-manchester-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/index.php\/2018\/03\/19\/city-centre-beehives-manchester-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"City Centre Beehives \u2013 Manchester Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Hide featured image – right click chevrons to expand and enable” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled_on=”on|on|on” disabled=”on” collapsed=”on”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Hide Featured Image – if enabled HIDE post title in post settings (top right)” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”off” date=”on” categories=”off” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”left” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]\r\n\r\nSpread out atop building rooftops across Manchester city centre are a number of hidden beehives. This is the beginning of a series profiling them, with the first found just above the entranceway to Manchester Cathedral<\/a>, accessed via a small spiral staircase. Home to four beehives containing around \u00bc million bees, they are cared for by Adrian Rhodes, the \u201cCanon Apiarist\u201d, as he\u2019s unofficially known.\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Manchester-Cathedral-021-Copy.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”right” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Manchester-Cathedral-012-Copy.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]\r\n\r\nAdrian started bee-keeping at his home in 2011. Looking for a quiet spot in case one of his hives became \u201cangry\u201d due to the proximity of people, he thought about the roof of the Cathedral would by the ideal location. The Dean of the Cathedral agreed, and within five weeks two beehives were up there, with the project launched in June 2012 as part of the Dig the City festival<\/a>. It\u2019s the only Cathedral in the country with such an arrangement.\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Manchester-Cathedral-0151-Copy.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” use_overlay=”off” max_width=”400px” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]\r\n\r\nHelping Adrian are two volunteers, recruited via the Volition scheme<\/a> to get long-term unemployed back into work. Adrian is also responsible for looking after the Printworks beehives, which I\u2019ll be writing about in the near future. For the upcoming season they\u2019ll have six hives to look after, with the additional two currently being built in the Cathedral\u2019s workspace.\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Manchester-Cathedral-0011-Copy.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” max_width=”400px” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]\r\n\r\nThe honey generated by the bees is sold as Heavenly Honey, the first jar of which was presented to the Queen during a visit to the Cathedral in 2013. If you\u2019d like to try it yourself, it can be bought in the Cathedral\u2019s bookshop<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Manchester-Cathedral-017-Copy.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]\r\n\r\nYou\u2019ll note in the photographs above that the beehives in the photographs are wrapped up. This is to help keep the bees warm while they are clustered over the winter months.\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.60″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]\r\n\r\nThe Hives aren\u2019t the only place where you\u2019ll find bees in the Cathedral. Within the stained glass of the Hope<\/em> window a bee can be found in flight. The window was designed by Alan Davies<\/a> and installed in 2016.\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.60″ src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/132.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” force_fullwidth=”off” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.60″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]\r\n\r\nHarder to find are the bees hidden behind the red choir stalls (there\u2019s twenty two in total, in remembrance of the victims of the Manchester bombing) and also a hive hidden beneath an altar.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.60″ src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/175-2.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” max_width=”400px” force_fullwidth=”off” \/][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.60″ src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/175-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” force_fullwidth=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Next\/Previous Post Navigation & Comments” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” collapsed=”on” locked=”on”][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” global_module=”404″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_nav in_same_term=”off” hide_prev=”off” hide_next=”off” prev_text=”previous post” next_text=”next post” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row parent_locked=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_comments show_avatar=”on” show_reply=”on” show_count=”off” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_button=”off” button_letter_spacing=”0″ button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ parent_locked=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Post foot bar” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#ff8955″ allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”||0px|” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_module=”590″][et_pb_row global_parent=”590″ make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” padding_mobile=”off” background_color=”#ff8955″ allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” custom_width_px=”2139px” parent_locked=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_sidebar global_parent=”590″ orientation=”left” area=”et_pb_widget_area_1″ background_layout=”dark” remove_border=”off” parent_locked=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_sidebar global_parent=”590″ orientation=”left” area=”et_pb_widget_area_3″ background_layout=”dark” remove_border=”off” parent_locked=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_sidebar global_parent=”590″ orientation=”left” area=”et_pb_widget_area_4″ background_layout=”dark” remove_border=”on” parent_locked=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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