Peninsula Bees

14/11/2025

If your looking for something to do this weekend come along and say hello and spend some money on some amazing local crafters .

05/07/2025

Bees don’t need no fancy plants to thrive. If you see a jar claiming it’s from acacia, orange blossom, or other single flowering species it’s almost certainly imported from abroad, and statistically probably China. So take the claims with a pinch of salt. A reserved calculation of a bee flying two miles in a straight line to forage gives an area of 12.5 square miles they could have visited flowers. Do you know any area that size that has just one single species of flower? Me neither. Here we have a favourite of honeybees and other pollinators. The pink flowers are rosebay willow herb. It’s a w**d. Though if it didn’t grow prolifically we’d all have it in our gardens as it looks rather nice. A great source of pollen and nectar for our bees. One of dozens of flowers that make up great tasting genuine honey. It’s these sources that make local honey unique.

02/07/2025

Just a timely reminder as the beekeepers start to prepare for extracting this seasons crop of honey , if it’s cheap it’s probably not honey !

15/03/2025

03/01/2025

17/12/2024

I know my customers know this fact but , it’s always worth reminding people who are used to honey of a questionable origin and are not used to natural honey that has not been previously pasteurised and is known as “ Runny “ honey 🍯 🤔

Crystallised honey has not 'gone off.'
These two jars are from exactly the same hive. The left hand jar has been gently warmed to return it to a liquid without damaging the honey.
Crystallisation or granulation is caused by a higher glucose content in the nectar the bees collected.

14/12/2024

My neighbours , if you have a sweet tooth this is the place to go . Also takes payment by QR codes .

14/12/2024

Honesty Box now has seasonal LED lighting and automated lighting inside for those dark evening purchases . Thanks for the regulars and newcomers alike . The honesty box will always contain 3 - 6 jars . Until there is no more . Still plenty available .

09/12/2024

So True 🐝🐝🐝

01/11/2024

I know it’s a bit wonky but it gets the pitch across !

01/11/2024

I’ve had an honesty box set up at the front door for the last month and I’ve had a steady stream of sales of my local honey .

20/09/2024

This is something I plan to supply next season . Can’t promise anything but I’ll give it a go !