Skip to player
Skip to main content
Skip to footer
Search
Connect
Watch fullscreen
Like
Comments
Bookmark
Share
Add to Playlist
Report
Scottish Parliament Beekeeper, 18, looks after 1m bees
National World - Broadcast Video
Follow
28/08/2023
An 18-year-old beekeeper is the third generation to look after a million bees on top of Scottish Parliament.
Category
🐳
Animals
Transcript
Display full video transcript
00:00
Hi, I'm Stuart Hood from Hoods Honey and this is my daughter Ailey.
00:24
Ailey is now a fourth generation beekeeper here at Hoods Honey.
00:27
We're on site at the Members Garden in the Scottish Parliament where we currently have
00:31
15 of our hives.
00:34
I think we're in our eighth year of having hives here on site.
00:37
We're very, very lucky.
00:39
It's a wonderful location.
00:40
It's very sheltered, very warm and they have the wonderful 600 acres of forage right next
00:46
door in Holyrood Park.
01:01
I've been involved in beekeeping all of my life.
01:04
My earliest recollections in fact are being stung with a bee after my father kissed me
01:08
goodnight as a probably two year old and a bee came off his collar and stung me.
01:15
One of the many occasions in his life that he told me don't worry the bees won't touch
01:18
you.
01:19
Well, that's not always the case.
01:28
Tell me what it's like.
01:40
My earliest memory is also bee related.
01:44
I used to put the lids on the jars of honey for my grandfather from when I was about four
01:47
years old and I'm very proud to be a fourth generation beekeeper now and hopefully keep
01:53
this brilliant lifestyle and company going.
02:07
We live by the motto that if you're good to the bees, they'll be good to you.
02:34
It's always wise to be cautious of bees and be sensible when you're around them and see
02:37
bee hives and don't walk right up to them because they naturally protect themselves.
02:42
People are always particularly scared when they've seen a swarm of bees but that's usually
02:46
a time where they've only got one thing on their mind and they're not really interested
02:49
in people.
02:50
But bees, if you don't bother them, they really won't bother you.
02:55
So they're very, very important.
02:56
Just stay calm and let them be.
Recommended
1:08
|
Up next
Beekeeper Comes to the Rescue as Around 180,000 Bees Found Living in Ceiling
StoryfulViral
01/07/2024
2:13
Parliament House beekeeper gives a tour of the apiary - World Bee Day 2022 | May 16, 2022 | Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
16/05/2022
0:32
I found 180,000 bees living in bedroom ceiling
National World - Viral Videos
29/06/2024
0:12
Retiree to become 'accidental beekeeper' - after huge swarm appears in his garden
SWNS
22/05/2024
0:53
Honeybee Workers Revolt and Lay Eggs When Queen Bee is Away
Amaze Lab
04/12/2018
3:00
Massive Beehive Rescue
Buzz Videos
22/10/2023
5:16
Bees in the City: This Guy Keeps a Bee Colony on His Rooftop
Spot.ph
31/12/2020
7:55
Why I Do What I Do: Be amazed with this beekeeper
AsiaOne
31/01/2023
1:44
Honey bees take over Times Square
The Star
14/08/2020
2:48
The Beekeeper Trailer | Official
Celebrity Wire
13/10/2023
0:53
The BeeKeeper Bridge Scene
Celebrity Wire
20/01/2024
0:51
How To Keep Bees Away From Your House
Southern Living
01/06/2023
1:32
Bee-wildering find during pest inspection leaves brief sting for homeowner
Bega District News
15/01/2024
1:30
This Beekeeper is Going Viral For All The Right Reasons!
Buzz60
06/03/2025
3:37
Bedroom Wall Bee Surprise
ViralHog, LLC
15/10/2018
1:30
Beekeepers Passion for Honey Goes Viral on World Bee Day
Buzz60
06/06/2023
2:41
Parliament House beekeeper Cormac Farrell on the impact of the varroa mite | July 8, 2022 | Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
08/07/2022
0:32
New York Woman Finds Thousands of Bees Living in Bedroom Ceiling
StoryfulViral
15/07/2017
1:10
Don't Step On A Bee Day 2020: Know Significance Of Day Promoting Protection Of Bees
LatestLY
04/11/2020
0:35
Bees not welcome at West Sussex allotment in Shoreham
SussexWorld
04/12/2024
0:55
Unbelivable Video of 22,000 Bees Being Removed From a Hive in a Family Home
Buzz60
04/04/2019
0:52
Beekeeper finds grandfather's lost hives alive in quarry and creates honey firm
SWNS
10/09/2024
1:55
Honey bees swarmed a car in UK
NewsNation
15/05/2020
0:22
Swarm of bees spotted in Lancaster
Lancaster Guardian
25/05/2023
0:50
50kg of honey found in massive beehive in Australian woman's home
euronews (in English)
21/08/2019