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When Harriet Owen arrived at university, she made the unusual decision to join the bee-keeping society, despite having no previous knowledge. “I looked through all the societies online, saw bee-keeping and thought, ‘Oh interesting, bees are cool,’” she says.
Owen, 21, who studies biomaterials science at the University of Sheffield, decided to get stuck in. She’s since learned to do hive checks and to spot the queen (she’s much bigger) and has made wax candles and honey cakes. “Bees are so good for the environment,” she says, adding: “I think they’re quite cute.”
