The footpath leading up to the newly gated area containing the beehives has been named ‘Beehive Boulevard’.

Four honey bee hives have been established in the grounds, where members of the association will visit all year round to care for the honey bees.

This will also involve extracting honey that will be used in our 3 AA rosette restaurant, food menus, cocktails, afternoon tea & flapjacks in the luxury bedrooms.

Dave Lantsbery, from North East Worcestershire Beekeepers’ Association, added: “We’re really excited to have Brockencote Hall Hotel as our new home.

“Not only does it provide a great base for us to be able to care for our bees 24/7, but it will enable us to educate more people about honey bees, and their value to our eco system – to the point where perhaps people may be inspired to become beekeepers themselves.

“Unlike bumble bees, honey bee colonies survive the winter and they typically produce up to 50kg of honey in a good year – and their population tends to peak in midsummer as a result of the Queen bee beginning to lay around 2000 eggs per day from early Spring for the following three months.”