Farm builds massive mazes in form of bees and flowers

By Elizabeth Hunter

A farm has built a huge maze the size of three football pitches - in the shape of a bee and flowers.

Drone pictures capture Cairnie Fruit Farm's maze that spans six acres, with hedges measuring around 5ft - but over the course of the summer, they are expected to reach 8ft.

The farm, in Cupar, Fife, plants a "mega maze" each year, choosing a different shape every summer.

Planting begins each May, with gardeners using GPS trackers to plan the design.

Tractors then plant the maize hedges, sowing four rows at a time.

This year's maze was planted in the shape of a bee and flowers, to celebrate the tiny pollinators that help their crops each year.

Previous designs have included turtles, hedgehogs, Darth Vader and the BFG.

The maze will stay standing until late October, when gardeners will harvest the hedges in preparation to start the process again next year.