William Woodley - Fairies, Thunderbolts, Skeps and Swarms

This video is about William Woodley's time in the hamlet of Stanmore, Berkshire. We meet the fairies who inhabit Stanmore and the antiquarians who created thunderbolts, and discover how the boy-William was introduced to beekeeping. Lastly, I discuss how traditional beekeeping was practised on the Berkshire Downs and how it changed.