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Image courtesy of Emma Livingstone<\/em><\/p>\n Up on top of the roof of The Printworks<\/u><\/a>, you\u2019ll find a little oasis of peace and calm. Featuring an allotment, herb garden, orchard, beetle hotel and bee garden, the project was started in partnership between the Printworks and Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 Manchester<\/u><\/a> back in 2012, as part of Hard Rock\u2019s philanthropic commitment to serving and protecting the environment. In 2015, the project was awarded a\u00a0Biodiversity Hotspot Award by Manchester City Council.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0606-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” \/][\/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”]<\/p>\n Image courtesy of Hard Rock Cafe Manchester Along with 6 chickens, the garden is home to four beehives housing four colonies of around 80,000 bees. They are looked after by volunteers from amongst the Printworks and Hard Rock staff, who have all\u00a0 trained as fully qualified apiarists, along with Adrian Rhodes and volunteers from the Volition scheme<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\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=”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”]<\/p>\n In 2014, a charity auction of the first yield of honey was held, raising money for both the Forever Manchester<\/a> and Booth Centre <\/a>charities. The label for the jars of honey was specially designed by Mancsy<\/a>, with a small run of 30 signed and numbered by the artist. The honey sold out in less than a week, raising over \u00a33000 for the charities.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”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” src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LiveFromTheHive-LoRes.jpg” \/][\/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”]<\/p>\n Image courtesy of Hard Rock Cafe Manchester<\/em><\/p>\n To celebrate the beehives, Hard Rock Manchester have released limited edition pins via their instore shop. The bee series of pins date from 2014, and the \u201cLive from the Hive\u201d Mancsy pins are currently on sale in the shop.<\/p>\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 show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”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” src=”http:\/\/manchesterbe.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bee-insta.jpg” max_width=”400px” \/][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”]<\/p>\n Image courtesy of Hard Rock Cafe Manchester<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image show_in_lightbox=”off” 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