Flea becomes a beekeeper

The musician has reportedly installed three huge beehives, brilliantly named ‘Flea’s Bees’, in his back garden in an attempt to try and bolster the dwindling bee population.

According to TMZ, each hive contains over 60,000 bees and Flea has quickly “mastered the craft” of beekeeping, despite only taking up the hobby earlier this year.

Managing to find the time whilst the band aren’t touring, Flea has been documenting his adventure on his Instagram account:

> Deep to the hive super organism. I love my bees. Flea's bees > > A photo posted by @sllollaryee on Jul 22, 2015 at 8:47pm PDT

> Me about to get busy with my beautiful little bees that I love > > A photo posted by @sllollaryee on Jun 24, 2015 at 10:34pm PDT

> Pleezus more beezus > > A photo posted by @sllollaryee on Jun 24, 2015 at 10:41pm PDT

Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, widespread deaths among bees have reportedly worsened in recent years – Beekeepers in the United States reported losses of 40% of their colonies from April 2014 to April 2015. In the UK, a third of the bee population has disappeared since 2007.

Flea’s environmentalism will see him join a stellar line-up later in the year as part of the ‘Pathway to Paris’ concert at Paris’ Le Trianon on December 4th. Featuring fellow Atoms for Peace bandmate Thom Yorke, Patti Smith, Dhani Harrison and many more, the concert aims to raise awareness about the urgency of climate action and coincides with UN Climate Change Conference, which takes place between November 30th and December 11th in Paris.

Away from beekeeping, Flea also confirmed late last year that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were recording a “super danceable” new album.