Mr Holmes

July 2014

We have something very exciting to announce about some of our bees, they are now big Hollywood movie stars! Steve has teamed up with none other than Sir Ian Mckellen to teach him beekeeping for a role in the new ‘Sherlock Holmes’ movie. In this Sir Ian plays a retired Sherlock living in a fantastic country house in Sussex.

To help with the beekeeping side of things Steve first introduced Sir Ian to the bees on the roof of Fortnum and Mason. The aim was to eventually teach him to handle bees gently out of the hive without gloves for the new film. Once this had been mastered it was time for transportation down to Sussex for filming.

If you’d like to read an article about the up and coming movie it can be found here at:

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/08/sherlock-film-mr-holmes-ian-mckellen

You can also watch the film trailer featuring our very own bees and an expertly taught Mr Holmes. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJwgItmobFE