Welcome to Collingtree Park Honey

Our honey is pure honey made by bees foraging in the Collingtree Park area.  It is not pasteurised nor blended.  It is simply honey harvested from our beehives and strained to remove wax particles of the honeycomb.

The taste and colour of our honey will vary according to the time of year it is extracted and forage available. 

All pure honey will granulate or become solid in cool weather, and this condition is, in fact, the best proof of its quality.  It can be easily restored to the liquid state by standing the jar in hot water, first loosening the cap.  The heating of the water should continue until the honey becomes liquid.  The jar should stand on two strips of wood so that there is water below as well as around the jar.  Use of a microwave is not recommended because it will destroy the enzymes and 'cook' the honey.

Honey is not suitable for infants under 12 months old.

We look after our bees by regular inspections to make sure that there is enough stores for them throughout the year.  

For healthcare all our hives have a 'Bee Gym' placed  inside the hive to help bees clear any mites clinging to their bodies. 

For their comfort we use WBC (named after its inventor William Broughton Carr) hives.  These hives are double walled to provide the bees with better insulation from cold in the winter and heat in the summer.

We do not buy mated Queens nor imported bees.  We breed local strain of 'black' bees, Apis Mellifera Mellifera.

We are members of Bee Improvement & Bee Breeding Association.  www.bibba.com.

BIBBA's main aim is to encourage breeding bees from local strains and improve the quality of our honey bees.

We are members of Northamptonshire Beekeepers Association www.northantsbees.org.uk and British Beekeepers Association www.bbka.org.uk 

Our Apiary is registered with National Bee Base www.nationalbeeunit.com.  

We submit our honey sample twice a year for analysis to UK's National Honey Monitoring Scheme www.honey-monitoring.ac.uk.  Analysis reports from samples submitted in September 2019, September 2020 and September 2021 are available below.

Honey Fraud and Adulteration

For more information on honey fraud and adulteration, 'global' supply chains, and purity please see:

www.honeyap.org

and 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/28/bee-aware-do-you-know-what-is-in-that-cheap-jar-of-honey