In my first year of beekeeping I’m proud to be able to share an exclusive small batch of spring honey from my apiary.
So far, this spring I have only 20 jars of honey for sale. Occasionally I might produce honey in the comb by request.
The honey is raw – that is, it is not heated and is extracted carefully by hand and just filtered twice over a fine mesh. All of the natural goodness the bees create is in the honey. It may include traces of pollen or wax.
Honey needs to be kept at room temperature to remain runny. To experience it at its best, please do NOT refrigerate it or heat it in the microwave.
F.A.Qs
Am I a honey farmer?
No, I am not a honey farmer or commercial bee keeper.
I look after bees in a very small and ethical way, I aim to be as caring to the bees and the environment they are in as possible using gentle and traditional methods.
My bees are cared for in a way which causes as little disruption to them as possible – I chose not to clip the queens wings, mark her or use too much smoke and as a rule I only ever extract honey after the bees have created more than enough to feed themselves and fill their own stores for the upcoming season.
The bees work so hard collecting the pollen, and nectar and turning this into honey, it belongs to them. However, if I’m lucky there is a surplus – and this is the honey I remove from the hives to gift or sell to family and friends.
Why is real honey so expensive?
If you have never tasted REAL honey bought from a local beekeeper, you are in for a pleasant surprise as it tastes totally different from shop bought honey.
Beekeeping is an historic art and the knowledge you need to be a good beekeeper is extensive and takes many years to learn, it is generational and passed down from one beekeeper to another.
The process of caring for your bees, aside from the harvesting and bottling is very time consuming.
Not to mention the hard work of the bees in creating this golden nectar. It takes 60,000 bees a whole lifetime to produce enough honey for a season.
Real honey is made by the bees and nature, there are no artificial preservatives, UPFs or sugar syrups mixed in. There are many beneficial properties of raw honey.
Why such small batches?
My apiary is currently only two hives set in a peaceful orchard within the Herefordshire Countryside. I’m still very much a beginner beekeeper and work closely with my mentors and beekeeping association as I am learning the ropes.
Due to my chronic illness and disability I’m realistically unable to manage more than two hives at the moment without a lot more help. As it stands I have to manage my workload carefully.
I’m not into Beekeeping for the honey,…. or the money. I go into more details for the reasons I am taking up this rather expensive hobby and my long term plans throughout the other pages on this blog.
The money I receive from the few jars I sell will go towards the set up costs I have already incurred and ongoing costs of managing an apiary, beekeeping is not cheap!
A small amount of money from each and every jar sold will be donated to The Cart Shed Charity.
https://www.thecartshed.co.uk/
Please take a look at my page about why the Cart Shed is so important to me and my bees.
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