Honey by subscription

Six jars a year.

Whatever the bees made that season, sent when it is spun rather than when it suits us.

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Never the same twice.

Spring is pale and sets hard from the oilseed. July is dark and runs. We do not blend them to make one flavour.

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Spun cold, strained once.

No heating, no pressure filter. It goes from the extractor through a sieve and into the jar the same afternoon.

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Forty hives, one valley.

All the hives sit within three miles of each other, so the jars taste of the same hedges from one year to the next.

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Fifty four pounds a year.

Six jars of 340 grams, posted as each crop comes off. Stop whenever you like and we refund the rest.

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A year in the apiary

Four crops, four jars that look nothing alike.

The hives are opened about once a fortnight from April to August. What comes off depends entirely on what is flowering within range.

May, clover
01May, cloverPale and slow to run. It sets to a fine grain in the jar within a month, which is what it is supposed to do.
June, the flow
02June, the flowThe heaviest three weeks of the year. A strong hive can put on twenty kilos while the lime is out.
July, capped
03July, cappedA frame is only taken when the bees have capped it over. Uncapped honey is still too wet to keep.
August, the last
04August, the lastThe final crop comes off before the ivy starts, and the bees keep what is under it for the winter.
September, spun
05September, spunFrames go in the extractor warm from the hive, and the honey is in jars before the day is out.

How the subscription works.

StartTell us the address and we put you on the list for the next crop coming off, not a fixed date.
WaitNothing arrives in February, because nothing was made in February. The gap is the point.
OpenEach jar has the month, the hive row and what was flowering written on the back.
StopOne line by email ends it and we refund the jars you have not had.
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Tell us where to post it and whether it is for you or a gift. We reply with the next crop and a date.