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From a small garden apiary north of Hemel Hempstead, Noake Mill Honey is produced using the British Beekeepers Association’s best practices.

We aim to provide a high quality product. Message me to order your local collection honey only.

31/07/2026

Noake Mill Honey will be at Hemel Old Town Market this Sunday 2 August 2026.

05/07/2026

Pouring slowly to avoid air bubbles

26/06/2026

What do honeybees do on very hot days? They literally “beard” outside the hive.
High temperatures may compromise the integrity of the wax structure inside the hive. Therefore, the bees create their own air conditioning using their bodies to make channels for the air to flow and spraying water to create evaporating cooling. Any bees without a specific job stays stay outside so as not to be in the way.
The beekeeper can provide shade or insulate the hive, make sure there is water close by and leave the bees alone to deal with it themselves.
What can you do? Make sure you have water available for the wildlife placing pebbles, moss, pieces of wood to prevent drowning.

04/06/2026

Located in beautiful surroundings, with a live DJ, this market counts a wide variety of stalls from savoury and sweet food to various craft items, flowers, dog treats, etc. and local honey too of course!

30/05/2026

Difference between male and female honeybees:
Males - called drones - are larger, have no stinger, huge eyes and powerful flight muscles. The two latter attributes are very useful during mating as the drones need to first see the virgin queen while flying and then catch up with her. Drones have the reputation of doing nothing in the hive but eat honey but I think they are very useful at the height of summer as they can keep the hive cool with their strong wings.
Females - they are the only workers in a colony and make up the vast majority of that colony. They each have specific tasks in the hive depending on age (nursing, cleaning, comb building, nectar processing, guarding, foraging…). They have a barbed stinger and have curved hairs on their hind legs used as a “basket” to carry pollen from flowers to hive.

07/05/2026

Honeybees live in the dark therefore communication is based on scent, touch and vibrations. Here, these honeybees are enticing their sisters back to the hive using their Nasonov gland located at the end of the abdomen. The bees raise their rear and expose this # gland to release a pheromone which they disperse by fanning their wings vigorously. What a workout, don’t you think!?

30/04/2026

As Amy from Tigsy Blossoms reminded everyone, Sunday is market day. Please bring an umbrella as it looks like it might be raining ☔️ 💦 🌧️🤷‍♀️. Also bring a couple of envelopes if you want to get free pollinator-friendly flower seeds collected from our garden last year!

29/04/2026

Noake Mill Honey will be in the grounds of St Mary’s, Hemel Hempstead Old Town, next Sunday 3rd May, from 11am till 3pm.
Our current stock is getting very low but we should have newly extracted honey at our next market stall in June.
Come and say hi and pick up some free, pollinator-friendly flower seeds collected from our garden last year. It would be handy if you could bring a couple of envelopes with you to put them in though.
Finally the weather is warming up!!
The bees are very happy and being their busy normal selves. They have enjoyed plenty of various pollen for many weeks now but had to rely mainly on their honey stores as plant produce little if no nectar below 15 degrees Celsius.

16/04/2026

I was asked to give instructions on how to grow your free pollinator-friendly seeds. So, here they are!
Apart from pumpkin seeds that need space due to their size, you can scatter seeds (and dust!) over a tray of compost and cover with a little more compost. Keep warm and moist then transplant into pots as and when the seedlings appear.
Nasturtium seeds can be pushed down 1cm into the ground, with your finger, where you want them to grow as late as June as they grow very quickly.
In any case, don’t put anything outside until the risk of frost has passed.
Please send us pictures of your plants to share your successes!

10/04/2026

Here they are! The queen is circled in blue and the drones in red.
The queen has a long abdomen that makes her wings look small.
The drones are stocky with a round bottom (so sting) and huge eyes making it look like they wear a big shiny helmet.

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