About Us

A small family beekeeping operation in Nailsea, North Somerset — started in 2023.

At the hives in beekeeping gear The family helping at the apiary

Who We Are

We're a small family beekeeping operation that got started in 2023 after a long-standing curiosity about bees finally got the better of us. We joined the North Somerset Beekeepers Association and made the most of their brilliant training — learning everything we needed to look after our own colonies properly.

It's very much a family effort. With help from those closest to us, we focus on doing things the right way — sustainably, carefully, and always putting the bees first. Our two girls — our very own Bee Buddies — love coming along to help at the hives too.

At the end of each season we extract and jar our honey entirely by hand, giving us full control over quality every step of the way. The beeswax we render from the hives is used to make all of our wax products — so everything we make starts with our bees and stays true to what they produce.

Inspecting a frame of bees Our hives in the North Somerset countryside

Part of the Community

We're active members of the NSBKA and value the community around us greatly. We volunteer as one of the many trainers at the NSBKA's training apiary, supporting new beekeepers as they find their feet. We also volunteer with the association's swarm collectors — safely catching and rehoming swarms rather than letting them become a problem.

🏆 A Few Successes Along the Way

We've had some good results at the NSBKA shows — picking up 1st, 2nd and 3rd places across categories including Honey Fudge, Honey Shortbread, Honey Cake and various wax products, plus 2nd place in Medium Honey in 2026. In 2024 we were awarded the Novice Shield, an overall show award given across multiple categories. We're quietly proud of that one.

Winning the Novice Shield at the NSBKA show 2024 Rows of our Nailsea Wildflower Honey jars

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