Honey

Fresh Local Honey from the Lea Valley

If you're discerning about the honey you eat, try the honey from Pebadale Apiaries. This is produced by the bees from the nectar collected in the local area.

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Pebadale Apiaries bee carrying a basket of honey

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No two samples of honey are identical

Each is an individual natural substance. Not only is it affected by the species of flower the bees have visited, but each colony produces unique honey. There are even variations created by the time of day and year when the nectar was collected.

The bees need to visit many flowers to collect enough nectar to produce a quantity of honey. They store this in the hive or nest for use as food when they are unable to forage for fresh nectar. Beekeepers harvest surplus honey to sell it. Honey is not only used as a spread, on cereal or in drinks but can be used in many forms of cooking.

Honey has other less familiar uses too. It is anti-bacterial and can be used for wound dressings to keep them sterile and promote healing. It is widely reputed that local honey is beneficial for hay fever sufferers and certainly many people feel an improvement from ingesting honey on a daily basis throughout the problem season.

Bee gathering nectar from a pale blossom, honey production at Pebadale Apiaries

Experience our uniquely delicious honey.

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Our honey

Our honey is produced by the bees from the nectar they collect from a wide range of flowers across the Lea Valley, and we harvest and sell the surplus. The types vary throughout the year so please ask what is available. Honey is supplied bottled in jars or as comb honey just as it is produced by the bees. Try them to discover your favourite.

Because the flowers change through the season, so does the honey. Early season jars tend to be lighter and set faster; later in the year the colour and flavour deepen. It is worth ringing before you visit so we can tell you what has just come off the hives.

Discover some other hive products

Honey is undoubtedly the most well-known substance produced by the Apis mellifera (commonly known as the European Honey Bee). However, there are a whole range of other hive products available, each with a tempting list of beneficial qualities.

Beeswax, propolis, bee pollen and royal jelly are all covered on our hive products page, and if you are interested in using them for health and healing, read about apitherapy.

For beekeepers

Bottling and selling your own honey

If you are producing more honey than your household can eat, we stock everything you need to get it into jars properly: straining cloths and conical strainers, settling tanks with honey valves, buckets, creamers, hexagon and round jars with lids, cut comb containers and a full range of printed and personalised labels.

Sizes, quantities and current prices are all on the 2026 equipment price list, and the rest of the beekeeping equipment we stock is listed there too.

Frame of capped honeycomb ready for extraction, Pebadale Apiaries

Jars, labels and extracting equipment

Straining, settling and bottling kit, jars and lids in every common size, plus standard and personalised labels. March 2026 prices.

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Come and try our honey

Ring to hear what is available at the moment, or send us a message and we will let you know when the next batch comes off the hives.

Ask about our honey Call 01992 622 645