Chelmsford Ideas Festival

Andy Bennett presenting

 

It’s time for the Chelmsford Ideas Festival 2015, running from 19th October to 1st November. There is a wide range of events being held across the City, including one from me.

The theme for this year is ‘connect’ and I am giving my talk ‘A year in beekeeping’, encouraging people to connect with nature.

With the help of an empty hive and some slides I will take the audience through a year in beekeeping, dropping in some interesting facts and figures. I will also be challenging some of the claims around Manuka honey and explaining the science behind why, without bees, humankind simply wouldn’t survive.

Albert Einstein said it much better than I ever could:

“If all the bees disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have 4 years of life left.”

My talk will be on Friday 23rd October at Anglia Ruskin University, 7.30pm-9pm.

What’s more, it is free to come along, but booking is necessary to ensure no one is disappointed on the door. Book here or at www.anglia.ac.uk/community or call 01245 684723.

I will also have some honey and natural hive products for sale.

The full Chelmsford Ideas Festival programme can be downloaded here. Their website is here and facebook page here.