This was in a plum tree in the orchard when I arrived at the apiary this morning. Swarming is the way honey bee colonies reproduce. When the colony decides it is ready to swarm, the Queen along with around 2/3 of the colony, will leave the hive and bivouac nearby. The...

Just finished extracting the last of the Spring honey and, because we had such wonderful weather, there's been quite a lot of it. Spring honey is very different to the main crop harvested at the end of the season in Autumn. This is due to the forage available to the...

We are a small, family business based in Worksop. Our bees produce a limited amount of surplus honey every year which we sell to our local community and independent stockists. We have several apiaries situated in the area, which benefit from an excellent balance of...

The National Honey Monitoring Scheme is conducted annually by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) in partnership with beekeepers throughout the country. Beekeepers provide honey samples to be analysed giving the researchers important data which contributes...

A common misconception is that honey that has crystallised has ‘gone bad’ or that it is a sign of contamination. This is false. The fact is that all honey will crystallise given the right conditions. Honey is a super-saturated solution of two sugars: glucose and...

Honey is the healthy, nutritious, natural alternative to sugar. Pure honey is naturally sweet and has become a healthier and tastier option over processed sugars and sweeteners. Honey contains many vitamins, minerals and natural antioxidants which help maintain good...

How Is Honey Made From Bee : Honey starts as flower nectar collected by a worker bee, which gets broken down into simple sugars (mainly fructose and glucose) and stored inside the honeycomb. The bees will then, through constant fanning of their wings, reduce the water...

New guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England (PHE) have been developed after looking at the best available scientific evidence in treating acute short-term coughs. The evidence shows that honey is effective...