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Yahoo
16-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Take a look inside the Port Glasgow apiary home to half a million bees
A GROUP of busy beekeepers have given homes to half a million bees who help Inverclyde's nature flourish and grow alongside offering a therapeutic experience for some. The Inverclyde Shed has been looking after 50,000 honeybees which have been nestled amongst an industrial estate in Port Glasgow for nearly five years and locals are able to get up close and personal with the buzzing insects. The apiary, located in Devol industrial estate, is home to 10 honeybee colonies. They feed off the long, flowery garden where their hives stay and a large garden with over 200-foot-tall tress just behind the enclosures fence - this benefits both the bees and the gardens. The Port Glasgow apiary has 10 hives which are home to 50,000 bees each (Image: George Munro) Three years ago, the hives were moved from the Shed's market garden to a few streets away after a couple of queen bees died, with group members saving as many colonies as they could. Earlier this month the Tele took a visit to the apiary and got the chance to suit up and take a look inside one of the hives, learning about bee husbandry, how beekeepers identify problems with the creatures and how they help them produce honey. (Image: George Munro) A harvest of honey is only collected three times a year (Image: George Munro) Founder of the organisation Bruce Newlands said the beekeeping group has developed into a project that he says has become a 'unique' hobby for many and, despite the bees at the Port Glasgow site not being they type which are endangered, the group is still helping pollinators within the local ecosystem. Bruce said: 'The reason the Shed does bees is that we found out that it can be remarkably therapeutic and very calming for people. 'Of course, we get honey and produce from the apiary but that's not our reason for looking after these bees. 'We spend a lot more time looking after them than taking honey, we are far more interested in the environmental impact it can have as well as the therapeutic benefits it can have for people.' Bruce says they have had people with bipolar and anxiety struggles get involved because of the bees calming properties. Other News Greenock man pays tribute to 'inspirational' wife after her rare cancer diagnosis New swimmers make a splash at annual IASC championships New show with 100 pieces of amazing art goes on show at Beacon David Maugere has been a beekeeper at the Devol site for a few years now and has developed the apiary onto a 'different scale' by taking the bees into schools across Inverclyde and hosting sessions in libraries to teach people about the creatures and see close up how they work. David, who is originally from France, says he has found a great community in the Shed having joined in 2020 and has been able to bring his love of beekeeping to Inverclyde. He told the Tele: 'Having seen my own kids take an interest in the bees, we have decided to take a different approach to the apiary this year and take it out of the garden and into schools. 'We want to show off how much fun beekeeping can be and teach people. 'It's amazing to see the group grow from only a couple of us to nearly 10 of us.' Bruce Newlands (left) Tele reporter Isla Robertson and David Maugere (right) (Image: George Munro) David now trains up new Shed members to work with the colonies and has also been saving bees from across Inverclyde, recently rehoming a swam of them who were living in Greenock supermarket car park. To enquire about visiting the apiary, contact the Shed at contact@ Those interested should also keep an eye on the Shed's Facebook page where they will post dates for further library information sessions with the bees.


WebMD
15-07-2025
- Health
- WebMD
Diversity Colors the World, Even the Migraine World
Diversity colors the world, even the migraine world. It seems like every person with migraine I speak to lives with their own special twist on migraine disease. I have a cousin who experiences visual anomalies and nausea but has never had a headache with hers. Another relative has debilitating chronic migraines and relies on Botox treatment for the most lasting relief. I inherited textbook episodic migraines from my paternal grandmother. An episode typically begins with my head feeling a little off, followed by pain centered on one eye, sometimes the right, sometimes the left. Sensitivity to light and sound arrives shortly before waves of nausea. Learning to recognize my symptoms has been the key to avoiding the vomiting phase of migraine. If I treat the migraine with triptan medication as early as possible, I can keep functioning with little interruption to my day. Triggers vary for each of us as well. Changes in eating patterns, cigarette smoke, flashing light, and certain fragrances set off my episodes without fail. Thank goodness eating chocolate isn't one of my triggers. For some people, weather and stressful situations are their worst enemies when it comes to migraine. Being in my 60s and having heard a lot of migraine stories, I was surprised to hear a different version. My book publisher held an author day at a summer festival in Clark Summit, PA, where I met several fellow authors. I soon discovered Amy, a tall, outgoing apiary owner working on creating a spiritual retreat, was also a fellow migraineur. Her story added a new color to the portrait of migraine. Amy didn't have migraines until a car accident left her with a traumatic brain injury. After a long, difficult recovery from her injuries, she began experiencing bouts of migraine that would begin near an ear, progress across the temple, then around the eye, and continue down the side of her nose and end in her teeth. Even before the accident, Amy tuned in to the deeper spiritual aspects of her body and mind. After the accident, she relied heavily upon her spiritual training for treatment and survival. Unlike me, who told the doctor, 'If I have to believe a treatment is going to work before it will work, then it's probably not going to work,' Amy steered away from medication when she recognized migraine symptoms were beginning. Turning to her holistic methods for medical treatment, Amy learned to remove herself from stressful situations that triggered a migraine episode. She retreated to a quiet space and used meditation to relax her body so that sleep could reset her brain and alleviate her symptoms. Though her treatment method differed from mine, we shared the importance of recognizing the onset of a migraine episode as early as possible. Migraine warriors can learn from each other, but we also need to respect each other. If you find a treatment method that works for your version of migraine, I will support you with that treatment 100%, even if it doesn't work for me. Like how Amy and I connected via our similarities and grew from our differences. Diversity teaches and colors the world.