PRESS: For the Love of Bees - Westcombe News, 06/2021 Issue
Greenwich - Thank you to our friends at the Westcombe News for featuring us in this month’s Westcombe News! We are so thrilled to be featured as a local business in Greenwich helping the bees and the environment.
Article in Full:
When Michael Walsh was ten, his mother took him to an introduction to beekeeping course and he’s been hooked ever since. In the years which followed, he became skilled in the art of beekeeping and set up local hives in Charlton, where he continues to tend bees.
As a trainee lawyer, Michael quickly realised it would be possible to combine both his enthusiasm for law with his passion for environmental sustainability. He proposed a beekeeping project within his law firm, setting up an apiary on the office rooftop. The project became a big hit, Michael’s passion for the bees was contagious, and the Urban Apiarist was born.
The Urban Apiarist is a small locally run business which now aims to provide both corporate and residential beekeeping services across London as well as educate the community on the importance of pollinators in supporting the ecosystem. The company also aims to promote awareness of bees on a wider scale, harnessing the power of social media platforms in particular to inspire the next generation of young beekeepers to start their own apiaries or at least be inspired to plant pollinator-friendly flora. Whether it be one bee or one apiary at a time, Michael is working to make London a greener place to live. 🐝
