Worked for seven years as
a Medical Secretary to General Surgeon, Paediatrician,
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist.
I trained in all fields of medical subjects before
working. I was retired on grounds of ill-health due
to neuritis which affects my right side.
Have kept bees with my husband
for over 20 years and have had an interest in honey
and bee products and their uses all this time. Consequently
I have a very large collection of books on all the
relevant subjects which I use for reference purposes.
These include Honey Cookery, Beeswax, Apitherapy and
many more.
I lecture to groups on Honey
Cookery, Apitherapy, Bee Products and their Uses,
and Bees and Beekeeping.
I also go into schools, from
nursery age (3-4) to secondary (15) and talk to the
children about bees and the allied subjects. The depth
of the talk depends on the age of the children and
the activities also vary according to their abilities.
I have even had good results with severe special needs
children. For these talks I have a large collection
of colour slides, OHP sheets, posters, display material,
as well as videos. These have been built up over a
number of years and many are now out of print and
unavailable.
My involvement with MS precedes
my involvement with bees by many years as both my parents
carried out voluntary work with this group. My voluntary
work within the MS Society has been mainly welfare and
counselling as well as being responsible for running
the two vehicles owned by the branch. I am aware of
all types of MS and most of the symptoms and results.
I took over the position of Chairman in October 99 on
the resignation of the previous person.
I have produced many of my own creams, lotions
and potions but have not marketed them in view of
the strict rules for cosmetic production we have here
in England.
I am very interested in value added products
from the bees and am always looking at other peoples
ideas on this subject.
I am used to advising people on problems
with bees in the wrong places and also making people
aware of all the risks involved with apitherapy. It
is most important to let people make an informed decision
on what they are prepared to do to their bodies and
without information they cannot do this.
I am prepared to answer questions by telephone,
fax or e-mail; letters take me a bit longer.
