Bentley has officially announced that its Excellence Centre for Honey Production yielded 1,000 honey jars this year, marking the best result so far. You have to be a special guest to the carmaker’s factory in Crewe, England in order to receive one, though.
The name of the project – Flying Bees – plays on the company logo and bonnet ornament, a stylized letter B widely known as the ‘Flying B’.
The Crewe crew started their beekeeping side business three years ago. Back then, the population amounted to 190,000 bees, a mere fraction of the current 600,000-plus. A team of Buckley Bees keepers observe the 10 large hives, collect the honey, purify it and package it with the same care Bentley uses when producing cars, the company says with pride.
The project started when the company was looking for new ways to proclaim nature friendliness and reach carbon neutrality. The employees entrusted with the land plot also take care of the hedgehogs living on the premises and plant new trees and flowers. Daffodils alone have been planted more than 5,000 times, for instance.