Rocking Bee Honey

25/08/2025

It’s not only a beautiful sunny day today, it’s HONEY EXTRACTION DAY!

Here’s a little inkling of some very happy honey bees enjoying the sunflowers at our allotment.

We’ll keep you posted!

21/06/2025

SCHOOL HIVE UPDATE!
I have a lovely update for you all to enjoy regarding the honey extraction at Panshanger Primary school!

Just look at these beautiful jars of honey with an equally stunning label which was designed by a very creative year 4 student.

I can’t begin to imagine how hard that must have been; choosing a winning label from over a 100 designs for the school competition!

It was a privilege to be able to help set up the design and send it to print. We were all genuinely humbled by the photo of honey jars you see above.

All thanks to Keith my husband and the head of Panshanger Primary School, Mr Longland, who was keen for this to happen.

Keith has been busy this past year, maintaining the school hive and popping in to share his knowledge with the pupils in year 3. Something he does annually which they all really enjoy!

Then finally the day came for the school to get stuck in and have a go at extracting some honey! They absolutely loved it and it made the LOCAL NEWS!
https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/25250723.first-honey-harvest-panshanger-primary-schools-beehive/

We couldn’t be happier and hopefully they’ll have a lot more honey to sell after the next harvest!

03/06/2025

I’m literally doing a waggle dance because our bees have finally rewarded us with the most beautiful spring tasting honey! We have filled the jars and I have updated the labels for this year’s crop… but if you missed out on a jar then you’ll have to wait until our summer harvest! 🎸🐝🍯

28/04/2025

I know it’s been a while since I last posted and knowing me, it might just be a while again, So I’ll try and keep this short and sweet!

This past year has had its ups and downs, including a lot of funny moments with bee stings and chases!

Currently my husband is tending to the bees weekly to help stop them swarming and we’ve succeeded in overwintering a strong colony which has found a new home. 🙌

BUT more importantly we’re looking forward to finally extracting some SPRING HONEY for everyone to try!

Let’s hope I’m not being too presumptuous when I write this! 🎸 🐝 🍯

10/08/2024

Our focus this year has been fulfilling an ambition of setting up a beehive at our local primary school Panshanger.

Finally the wheels got put in motion and a beehive was kindly donated by our local beekeeping association CSHBKA.

I think everyone is soo excited at the countless learning resources available through preserving the bee population. 🐝

Scroll across to see my husband Keith and the Head of Panshanger, Mr Longland setting them up on the school grounds!

We can’t wait to share updates of their journey. 🎸 🐝 🍯 🐝 🐝

12/08/2023

We have really MISSED the whole process of beekeeping and the smell of the beeswax. It’s AMAZING and a privilege!

So, here it is … our very own rocking-bee honey, produced by our very own calm and buzzing colony of bees.

It’s a dark GOLDEN colour, veering on orange hues. The taste seems better than any honey we’ve ever produced!

It’s rich, sweet, autumnal, the sap, sweet fragrance of a forest fills your senses, it’s woody …what can I say, it’s PRICELESS! 🎸 🐝 🍯

11/08/2023

29/07/2023

Stunning flower bouquets by Tewin Blooms. Take a tour and see then growing … down at Tewin Greens. This is my favourite bouquet ever! ☺️

One of my sunflower bouquets has found it’s new happy home

The blue background looks a great backdrop for these flowers.

07/05/2023

I think this photo sums up our excitement perfectly, finally we have TWO beehives up and running! It’s been a long time waiting, mainly because it takes time and money to build another hive and we needed our new colony of bees to survive the winter and expand.

In the last half term we set up our second beehive in its new location!

After a thorough investigation, the polyhive is thriving in the spring sunshine! So much so that we have been able to split and grow another colony in the wooden hive. 🎉

Now we are waiting for the new QUEEN to emerge in the second hive and then we’re back to where we were 2.5 years ago before our hive was stolen!

Hopefully soon, we will have some golden rocking bee honey for you all to try! 🎸🐝 🍯

19/09/2022

A poignant & beautiful flower trail which I was privileged to encounter twice over the weekend. A historic farewell in memory of our Queen Elizabeth ll.

And not forgetting our marmalade sandwiches of course!