Fifty Bees CIC

20/09/2026

Join our family-friendly activity with Fifty Bees!
We’d love to see your bee designs displayed on the wall of The Chappell Gallery at ACE Arts.
How to take part:

Print off this worksheet and create your bee design.
Take a photo of your completed worksheet and email it to [email protected].
We’ll print your design and add it to our exhibition wall.
Alternatively, you can deliver your completed worksheet by hand to ACE Arts.
We can’t wait to see your bee designs!

02/08/2026

29/07/2026

Ibrahim al-Dabba continues to care for his colonies despite losing his home and most of his hives and equipment

15/07/2026

03/07/2026

Meet the team
This Sunday
At HAM HILL Country park

23/06/2026

Read Lydia’s interview with Textile Artist Org here:

Lydia Needle, an eco-activist, reimagines waste and vintage textiles into art. Her work encourages deeper thinking and stimulates conversations about the

14/05/2026

Fifty bees will be here xx

📣 So with it being only one month until the 2026 Green Scythe Fair! 🌱🎪We thought you may like to see what workshops are available on the Saturday 13th Workshop Day to book along with getting your ticket for the grand event on the Sunday 14th for the Green Scythe Fair. Click on the Tickets and Courses link to see more. www.greenfair.org.uk

06/05/2026

This is bee 242 Nomada Obtusifrons or Female Flat-ridged Nomad Bee.
Love this pot, don’t you?

It is 4 x actual size and made from a vintage card pot, with wool, vintage kamibari gold and silk thread and embroidery thread.

Ahhh, and the companion artwork is so beautiful by .art .
Such delicacy, such beauty. And what is this made of, you might ask?
Read what Sheena says:
“A solitary parasitic species, also known as a Cuckoo Bee, due to its habit of using the nests of others. A pollinator found where its hosts are established including edge of woodlands and alongside rivers in dry gravelly flats.
Drawn to the nature and life of this bee, my research has taken me to another likeminded soul, the Cuckoo Bird.
Combing insect wings and patterns with bird like features, a hybrid form has evolved, using paper thin material of recycled teabags, music sheets and re-arranged exerts of vintage lyrics. A melancholy piece of words and image emerging, a means of survival, reflecting the fragile stitches of life and nature, the call of the cuckoo and the wild.”

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01/05/2026

This is another of my favourites bees - the colour is gorgeous.
So, this is bee 209 Andrena similis or Female Red-backed Mining Bee.
3 x actual size
Vintage gramophone needle tin, wool, vintage kamibari gold, silver and silk thread and embroidery thread.
The bee’s companion was one of the most popular pieces for the school children - we placed a stool, and the children queued, took it in turns to see what was inside the little spy hole, and then to look at the puppet made by - they loved it.
This is what Duncan says about his piece:
“With sound work. (*Musician: Adam Clark)
This piece is a response to my investigations into the life of the Red-Backed mining Bee. I am interested in the security provided by choosing to live underground and the potential for storytelling using diorama, sound and stop motion animation. This work is in collaboration with friend and Norfolk sound artist and musician Adam Clark.”