The “Living Sign” outside The Beehive Inn
You may enjoy unique honey for tea when you visit The Beehive Inn in Castlegate at Grantham in Lincolnshire, UK. The honey comes from the Inn’s “living sign” – a beehive.
Since 1830, the beehive has hung in a tree outside the Inn. Its bees produce an average of 30lbs of honey every year!
A sign on the Inn reads :
” Stop traveller this wondrous sign to explore and say when thou hast view’d it o’er and o’er.
Grantham now two rarities are thine, A lofty steeple and a living sign.”
The lofty steeple is that of St Wulfram’s church, 272ft high, at the end of the street.
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Sweet! I want to stay there. 🙂
Me too!
Amazing! There are quite a few pubs named The Beehive in London, but none of them have bees hanging outside. Wonder how the owners go about getting the honey down.
I have no idea! I’ll be they don’t do many inspections… 🙂
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Thanks!! 🙂
Those bees are pulling double duty, both as honeymakers and moneymakers!
Wonderful bees!! 🙂
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