Magnolia Cottage Honey

30/05/2026

Guess what is the glistening stuff on the top of our brunch? 🤪
Silly question I know, it is Magnolia Cottage Honey of course 🤩😍

26/05/2026

The first crop of the 2026 honey is now ready🤩 there are two very distinct flavours already jarred and available to collect 🐝🍯

21/04/2026

Honey bee colonies available. If anyone is interested in starting up beekeeping or just getting some more colonies, I have 2 starter hive colonies available for sale. They are on 6 frames, ( 3-4 brood, 1 stores and 1 pollen) with an overwintered marked 2025 queen. They were made from my own colonies which I have been breeding selectively for the past 8 years. They need transferring to full size hives. If anyone is interested please message me directly.

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

Great to see our bees enjoying the garden. The cherry trees and all flowering bushes are literally buzzing 🤩🐝

23/03/2026

Interesting and very useful article about bee swarming which I helped to write few years ago :)

The Mapperley area has several bee-keepers, with many producing honey for sale. Here's what you need to know.

21/03/2026

And we are on 😁 the suppers are back on the hives and the bees are loving all the flowers in the garden. Exciting to start the 2026 beekeeping season 🥳🤩

24/02/2026

Great to see the bees enjoying the nice days. I done my first inspection this weekend and happy to report that all hives have survived the winter and doing well 🤩 this is always the best news for any beekeeper

08/02/2026

Snowdrops are the first very important source of pollen and nectar for the bees early spring. Our bees were loving the snowdrops today 🤩🐝

21/12/2025

If you are like me and looking for some very last min Christmas gifts ….. we still have few gift sets left.