Epping Forest Honey Co. in London, United Kingdom

We are still able to provide you with our very local raw local honey, either by local delivery or collection via appointment and prepayment. Contact us through our website www.eppingforesthoney.com

During these difficult times we are still supplying our local honey. Message us directly and we can arrange for you to pay online and collect whilst complying with the Government guidelines.

If you like your honey mild and clear then here is our borage honey collected from our hives in Epping.

Taking some of our Bee Experience Day students through a beehive at Bedford House. They are already taking bookings for next year. http://www.bedfordhouse.org.uk/wp1/

Our summer 2019 raw local honey is now in jars and ready to use. We have honey from our hives in Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell and other apiaries within Epping Forest available from 108, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill. You can now pay by izettle card machine if you wish.

Large primary swarm collected in Fiddlers Hamlet today

Well what a fantastic weekend with five new beekeepers who completed our course in Buckhurst Hill and at one of our commercial apiaries. Harry, Sophie, Lindsay, Suban and of course Jayne

Ever fancied being a beekeeper? We will be running a course in the spring that will give you enough knowledge to keep your own colony of bees. Thursday 25th April from 7pm until 9.30pm at a local hall and we will cover the following aspects of beekeeping; What to expect from beekeeping and where you can place your hive.... Life cycle of the honey bee Cost of bees, equipment and where and what to purchase (please do not buy anything before the course as it is a minefield). Swarm control. Making of frames. Extraction methods. BBKA / Insurances, National Bee Unit and Epping Forest Beekeepers Association. We will also distribute our teaching book the Haynes Bee Manual which we consider the best on the market for beginning beekeeping and it will be yours to keep. We will ask that you familiarise yourself with various sections prior to the weekend. So yes, you will have homework! Theory / Practical This will take place on Saturday / Sunday 11th/12th May from 9am until 5pm each day at one of our home apiaries. All protective equipment will be provided. The days will be spend beekeeping and covering what it involves in detail. You will identify all brood stages, queen cells, pollen, nectar along with the different castes of honey bees within different hives. You will perform various manipulations including a weekly inspection, completing notes, swarm control, upgrading small nucleus colonies to hives along with finding and marking queens for easy identification. We will also discuss the various pests and disease and how to deal with them along with further theory sessions. On the Sunday afternoon we will visit one of our larger local out apiaries where you will be expected to individually inspect a whole colony as if it was your own. This course will put you in a position where you can safely and competently keep your own colony of bees. If you are interested then email us via [email protected]

This years summer honey is now ready. It was only extracted this week so has all the current pollens present. We have honey from the following sites, with more coming available over the next week or so... Buckhurst Hill / Loughton - honey from Epping Forest and local gardens.... Chigwell - situated just off the High Road with mainly garden floral forage. Wanstead - situated on the edge of the Flats with a lot of blackberry and garden forage. Available at 108, Palmerston Road and 77, Russell Road, Buckhurst Hill. Robin and Mark

A new delivery of autumn honey just made to the Little Kitchen, 180, High Street, Epping. Drop in, get your very local honey and a superb coffee http://tlkepping.co.uk/

Another delivery of honey produced from hives in the vegetable garden of Haywards at Bell Common. Jars are available to customers of the restaurant and the Forest Gate pub