Our history
Volunteers with an aim to help the world understand and protect bees.
BuzzWorks association was founded in 2007 as a non-profit making, voluntary group and started with our creation of the Buzzworks Discovery Centre, off Old Hale way allotment in Hitchin.
The initial development was funded through a number of grants from the council and local businesses, allowing us to create the Discovery Centre, comprising bee-friendly garden, Bee School and courtyard. It opened for family, school and group visits.
A new training apiary
Following the successful development of BuzzWorks Discovery Centre, North Herts District Council leased a further piece of abandoned land on Burford Way Allotments in 2009 to BuzzWorks Association Hitchin to develop a beekeeping centre. The site was cleared of scrub by hand and laid out with paths, hedges, a wild flower meadow, fruit trees, lawn and bee hives, using voluntary labour. Additional funding was obtained in 2010 to allow the erection of a number of buildings and the creation of a large wildlife pond. This has developed into what is now known as the Honeyworks Beekeeping centre and is not only a working apiary that produces the honey we sell on our market stall, but is used as our main training centre for new and improving beekeepers.
