Royal residences are home to a number of beehives, while the Queen is also a keen apiarist with the honey sold to raise money for charity.
Pictures have also been published of the royal beekeepers at work at Buckingham Palace, which is home to four hives.There are a further two hives in the garden of Clarence House, whereThe hives produced more than 300 jars of honey last year for the royal kitchens, and it was often served in honey madeleines, as a filling for chocolate truffles or in honey and cream sponge.
The Queen also keeps bees at Raymill, her six-bedroom retreat in Lacock, Wiltshire, 17 miles from the King's Highgrove home.Read more:
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