Kate Middleton; James Middleton.Photo: GEOFF PUGH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images; Dave Benett/Getty Images
Kate Middletonand her younger brother,James Middleton, share a buzz-worthy interest!
The royalvisited London’s Natural History Museumon Tuesday to learn about their Urban Nature Project. Kate, 39, brought a special treat for the local schoolchildren she met: homemade honey from Anmer Hall, the Norfolk home where she enjoys time in the country withPrince Williamand their three children:Prince George, 7,Princess Charlotte, 6, andPrince Louis, 3.
“Would you like to try some? This came specially from my beehive,” she told the kids, according toa report from the event. “Does it taste like honey from the shops? Does it taste like flowers?”
The children smiled as they licked spoons of the tasty treat.
Kate Middleton.GEOFF PUGH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
GEOFF PUGH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
James, 34, has previously opened up about his owninterest in beekeeping.
He also shared how the activity has helped him clear his mind.
James also noted that honey is “one of natures finest medicines. From antibacterial properties, aiding digestion, hay fever, colds, energy and even as cure for sleeping disorders the list goes on. I have a teaspoon of honey every day and couldn’t recommend it more.”
“I’d always harboured a longing to keep bees, but it wasn’t until I turned 24 in 2011 that the wish became reality,” he wrote in a 2020 article for theDaily Mail.
“Then, my family — mum, dad and my sisters Catherine and Pippa — clubbed together to buy what for me was the most fantastic birthday gift imaginable,” he continued. “A delivery van arrived with a large buzzing box with the cautionary label: ‘Live Bees.’ Inside was the nucleus — the start — of my colony: 1,000 Buckfast bees.”
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Kate’s day at the museum also included sitting cross-legged on the floor to join schoolchildren as they learned about spiders with an arts and crafts activity. She also fixed an acoustic monitoring device to a cherry tree in the Wildlife Garden, which will record ambient sound to help scientists to investigate patterns of bird, mammal and insect activity in the garden.
source: people.com
