Manchester’s Printworks Is Buzzing With Bees!

Bees have arrived on the Printworks rooftop garden to help them raise money for charities. 

The huge business teamed up with The Hard Rock café selling £10 limited edition jars of honey to the public to raise money for the two charities who help homeless people and fund activities for the young and old who are in distress.

The Booth centre and Forever Manchester are the two charities being raised money for, kindly by the two Manchester based businesses. Located just in Manchester centre, opposite the Arndale, the Printworks is home to many other huge businesses, and is a very popular place for visitors and residents of Manchester to visit.

So far, the project has managed to raise over £2000 for the charities, which is a really  great accomplishment. 

Only starting up in 2014, they had Mancsy artist, who is famous for lots of street art, create a bespoke label which sold out! After, jars signed by artists were sold at £75!

The pure Mancunian honey, is truly delicious and sweet, and is very popular. 

They are using the hashtag #livefromthehive project to popularise their honey. It first began with the thought of how to use their free rooftop space that they had all to themselves. After speaking with Fred Booth from management at the Printworks, he said “The decision was made to capitalise on the symbol of the bee that Manchester is famous for, by installing bee hives.” 

Booth also spoke about why the Printworks chose these charities. They wanted to help people close to home. With Manchester being home to many homeless people and many families in need of some kind of support, the charities were an obvious pick for the Printworks.

The now, rooftop garden is home to over 60,00 bees and 20 different kinds of fruit and vegetables. It can be promised that the bees are looked after.

Booth said “The Printworks invested in the bees, hives, nucleuses, extraction and bottling equipment and of course the training at award winning Heaton Park Apiary.” In an attempt, they made the fruit and vegetable patches to make Manchester more bee friendly. 

2017 has been a tough year for Manchester, and what better way to celebrate it with the selling of honey from Manchester’s mascot the bee. Currently it has been awarded the Green Apple award for its commitment to the environment. 

You can order your batch of honey by calling the Hard Rock café on 01618316700 to help them continue to raise money for local charities. For more information you can visit their website www.theprintworks.com