What started as a hobby on a sunny afternoon in 2015 grew into something much bigger than we ever planned.
It began when our dad brought home two nucleus colonies from a local beekeeper who was retiring. None of us had kept bees before. That first summer was equal parts excitement and panic as we learned, mostly from the bees themselves, how colonies work.
By autumn we had more honey than the family could eat. Neighbours tried it, then asked for more. By the following spring we had ten hives and a kitchen full of beeswax waiting to be turned into something useful.
We never take more honey than a colony can spare. If a hive needs its stores for winter, we leave them alone and make do with less product to sell.
Our honey is raw and unprocessed. Our candles are pure beeswax with cotton wicks. Our wraps use organic cotton and pine resin. No synthetics, ever.
We source packaging from Cheshire suppliers, sell at local markets, and donate a percentage of each sale to regional pollinator conservation projects.
Today we manage over thirty hives across three apiaries in the Cheshire countryside. The family still does the beekeeping ourselves, from spring inspections through to the autumn harvest.
Our small team handles candle-making, wrapping, and shipping from a converted barn next to the original hive site. Every order is packed by hand, usually with a bit of beeswax under our fingernails.