Honey and Porridge
Want to start the day with a healthy nutritious breakfast? Then look no further than the enduring favourite, honey and porridge. In the morning rush to get ready for work...
Cinnamon, Honey and Hot Chocolate Recipe
Every struggled to fall asleep at night? Yep, us too. Here is a soothing cinnamon honey and hot chocolate recipe to relax your body and mind before getting under the...
7 Honey Tastes
When first asked to describe what honey tastes like, most people say “sweet”. That is because a lot of supermarket honey is commercial honey, which is blended, heated and filtered...
Beauty Benefits of Honey
For many years there has been beauty trends that come and go and must-have products that claim to do wonders for your skin. However, raw honey in its simplest form,...
Toast with Pears and Honey
In a rush in the morning? Us too! This simple recipe can be made in less than 10 minutes and is a great way to start the day. Ingredients Bread...
Manuka Honey: What’s The Big Deal?
We’ve all had honey at one point or another, whether it is honey sandwiches, honey drizzled on porridge or honey stirred in warm water with lemon when a cold strikes....
Why Choose Beeswax Candles?
Beeswax candles provide a soft yellow ambient glow, which is lovely to bask in. We have recently made our first batch of hand poured beeswax candles (poured with love in...
The Beauty of Beeswax Candles
Beeswax candles are beautiful, the wax is created by bees and it is 100% natural and chemical free. Beeswax candles are our latest obsession having been gifted two beautiful beeswax...
Bees in Jewellery and a surprise in the post
There is nothing more glorious than the arrival of post, when you spot amidst the mundane utility bills and circulars, your name, handwritten. My friend Nancy, is glorious for providing...
Island honey from Estonia
My friend Liz, an avid cyclist, heads off every summer with her bike on a long trip, retuning with tales of adventures; strange encounters cycling solo through Europe. This autumn...
Win some delicious raw honey!
COMPETITION NOW CLOSED – THANK YOU FOR ENTERING – WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON To celebrate our unwavering passion for raw honey, we wanted to give you the chance to...
The Joy of Bees: A Gastronomic Honey Tasting
As a honey lover when I heard that an immersive experiential art installation centred around bees and gastronomic honey tasting was coming to London I could not contain my excitement. The...
Don’t throw out your crystallised honey
There is a common misconception that crystallised honey has gone off. It’s hasn’t, it’s still good, so don’t throw it out! Crystallisation is often referred to as granulation, it is...
Bees hive inspection at teaching apiary in London
A lovely day inspecting the hives at a teaching apiary near Wandsworth Road, London (as part of the London Beekeepers’ Association mentoring programme)....
Top Tips when planting for Bees
As an urban beekeeper in training I am increasingly interested in planting flowers that provide nectar for bees and other pollinators. Kate Cox at Border Designs based in Colchester, Essex,...