Magnolia Cottage Honey

31/10/2026

We have a lot of spare pond plants FREE to collect from our place today. They will be in the front, near the gate in a bucket. Take whatever you feel you can plant in your pond. Mostly yellow water irises and some grasses

30/09/2026

I love it this time of year, all honey is now jarred and we have an amazing variety of colours and flavours. Our bees 🐝 have done great work for us all to enjoy 🍯

29/09/2026

The bees are loving flowering ivy. Cropping the honey at end of the season is a very delicate balance. If you leave too much and the weather is good so the bees can collect a lot of ivy then they may run out of space and trigger swarming insects so late in the season which could be catastrophic for the hive survival. If you take too much and the weather is not good the bees may not manage to fill their pantry and may starve if the winter is longer. The balance is very delicate but survival of the colony is always the first priority for us here at Magnolia Cottage 😁🐝🤩

19/08/2026

We are back 😁
I know many of you tried to visit us for some honey goodness in the last couple of weeks. We were on a much needed holiday however.
All back to normal now, you are welcome to pop in for some honey any time 🍯🐝

06/06/2026

We have some more starter bee colonies available, 6 frames of bees, really strong with fantastic queens. Message me directly if you interested 🐝

30/05/2026

Guess what is the glistening stuff on the top of our brunch? 🤪
Silly question I know, it is Magnolia Cottage Honey of course 🤩😍

26/05/2026

The first crop of the 2026 honey is now ready🤩 there are two very distinct flavours already jarred and available to collect 🐝🍯

21/04/2026

Honey bee colonies available. If anyone is interested in starting up beekeeping or just getting some more colonies, I have 2 starter hive colonies available for sale. They are on 6 frames, ( 3-4 brood, 1 stores and 1 pollen) with an overwintered marked 2025 queen. They were made from my own colonies which I have been breeding selectively for the past 8 years. They need transferring to full size hives. If anyone is interested please message me directly.

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

Great to see our bees enjoying the garden. The cherry trees and all flowering bushes are literally buzzing 🤩🐝