Mrs B's Bees

Burton Bees is a small family business and we are beekeepers first and foremost. It is at the heart of all that we do. We currently run 200 hives throughout Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex. We will only harvest honey which is surplus to the bees' requirements. To do this we leave a whole box of their honey on each of the colonies throughout the year a... nd only harvest surplus honey from the extra boxes that they fill when there is a good flow of nectar. All our honey is harvested individually from each apiary and sold with the location on the labelling enabling our customers to buy a honey that really is local to them. We pick all our sites for their unique locations. All have something special for the bees to work. Some are wildflower meadows, sweet chestnut woodlands, orchards, lime avenues, ivy etc. each season we also take around 40 - 50 hives to the New Forest where we harvest a crop of heather honey for which we have won National Honey Show awards. All our wax products are made from our own beeswax from the cappings of the extracted honey and old honeycombs that we have to replace when necessary.Read More