There was a rumour that on 23rd and 24th March last year the temperature at RHS Wisley was 20'c and they ran out of ice-cream. What a difference a year makes....
This year Wisley shivered throughout its "grow your own" event. Some very hardy bee keepers from across Surrey paddled on the waterlogged ground (in the tent!) and sheltered from the snow!
Under the banner of Surrey Bee keepers volunteers from the different divisions manned the tent to promote bee keeping. The company was excellent and sharing the chores and joys of running an event like this helped us all make new bee keeping friends. Wisley saw over 3,000 visitors over the weekend and we sold over £400 worth of honey, which in the light of the horrific weather, is nothing short of amazing.
It may have stopped snowing by the Sunday but it still felt like -5'C so we practised our clustering skills to keep warm!
Wisley had some great feedback about the overall event so we will be crossing our fingers ( once they've thawed out!) that we are invited back again on a warmer day!
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