If you are interested in joining a GBKA bee-keeping beginners' course later in the year, you will need to attend a taster day first.

There was a buzz in Tredegar Park, Newport last week when GBKA (Gwent Bee Keepers Association) member Dave Crew assisted tree fellers from Newport City Council in recovering a colony of wild bees from a diseased oak tree which was being felled.

Now the manager of the Gwent Beekeepers' Association (GBKA), Mr Glastonbury started with just one hive, which quickly developed into 12, then 50.