Local honey and hive products

We are a small family business with over 15 years of experience providing the best award winning raw local honey, honey bee nucleus colonies, London beekeeping courses and London beekeeping experience days. We ethically looks after our locally adapted bees and use the by products to produce the finest hand made Organic Honey soaps, Organic Beeswax Lip Balms, Beeswax Candles and Organically infused honey.

Exclusive Gift - Honey Tasting Experience at Stone Mini Market - Tue 13 Feb 7pm - £35

An experience to remember at a fun, lively and expertly run honey tasting session. This is our second time at the Stone Mini Market and is due to be even better then before. Purchase for yourself or as a gift or join us with a loved one. Check product for further details.

local honey - Award Winning

Local London honey near me. The finest real and unprocessed raw local honey lovingly bottled by us and cold extracted from our own bee hives around London. Nothing has been added or taken away by the bottling and is as nature intended. The honey is extracted as and when ready and we are very careful to ensure we only remove the excess and leave the bees with more then they need to continue their hard work of raising new bees and preparing for times of need. Real local honey near me.

I bought last week two 12oz jars of honey from Bushwood Bees and already got through half of both of them! I had been waiting for years to find good, locally produced, raw honey, and what an amazing discovery Bushwood Bees has been. The soft set honey is my absolute favourite. I'm in no way a honey tasting expert but the flavour is incredible, delicate and floral. (And I'm not even comparing it to the 'standard' honey you can buy in the supermarket, real honey is just something else!).

This honey is beyond delicious. Reminds me of my childhood and my aunt's neighbour beekeeper. The consistency is perfect and I doubt the small jar will last longer than just a couple of weeks. Perfect communication with the shop as well. Less than 24 hours between order and first snack. Thank you Salma.

My new obsession! Love the taste, great to know it’s local business. Keep up the quality work 🙂

Ordered online but called up as I wanted to collect urgently to give to my daughter who was quite poorly and they sorted it out for me to collect early which really helped me out and I don’t usually like the taste of honey but it tastes amazing and has already help to soothe my daughters cough. Thank you definitely will be shopping from again when I finish the jars

It has to be 5 stars. Local honey, and the pricing feels appropriate. Absolutely delicious, it's a complex flavour.

At the beautiful East London Mosque

Would you or someone you know, love to know a little more about the wonderful world of honeybees? Perhaps you are looking for an original gift idea , or you’d just like to treat yourself to a beekeeping experience day at a unique location? A great day to build some long lasting memories with a friend. Set on an iconic rooftop in the heart of East London, this is an experience you are likely to remember for a long time to come. You will be able to get up close and personal with our lovely honeybees and see the inner working of a beehive first hand. This is a great opportunity for those who would like to get a little closer to nature and find out why these little friends are so important to our environment.

An amazing day. Bees were calm and our hosts were absolutely amazing answering every question we had. From someone starting the day with a fear of stings and bees I am now looking forward to a Beekeeping course and my own bees next year. Our hosts were amazing and for anyone who is unsure or has doubts about honey bees please have this experience and I assure you you will be very surprised. Thank you so much Khalil and Salma.

London beekeeping course - £210 - May or June 2024

Have you always been interested in becoming a beekeeper or want more knowledge of beekeeping?

If so why not attend one of our expertly run London beekeeping course which will give you all the hands-on skills and theoretical knowledge to confidently manage your own beehives.

We exclusively run these on the roof of the the beautiful East London Mosque in Whitechapel East London. You will learn the theory and practical skills required to keep your own hives at ground or on a rooftop. find beekeeping courses near me

.Highly recommend the Practical Beekeeping Course. Salma and Khalil are both fantastic teachers - extremely knowledgeable and patient - and provide an excellent introduction into the world of beekeeping. The course is very thorough (and fun!) and I left feeling confident and excited to start my journey as a beekeeper. Big thanks again to you both

.A fantastic, informative and hands on course. Really grateful to Salma and Khalil for sharing their expertise with us. The course was run over two weekends and I really felt that I grasped the basics, without being overwhelmed with too much information - it was the perfect balance of practical with the right amount of theory. Highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to get started in beekeeping. I even left with a souvenir (beesting) on my finger 😁 Thank you, and look forward to more classes in the future, Aaida

This is a fantastic course run by Khallil and Salma who both have a wealth of experience and are great at sharing/ educating others. There are only 4 participants with 2 tutors so lots of practical time. I really felt that I learned the basics of beekeeping and saw a lot within the hives as well as handle the bees/ frames. I highly recommend this as an excellent start to your beekeeping experience.

Khalil and Salma provide excellent support for people new to beekeeping. I got my first hive in 2019 and it was quite daunting to be in charge! But with their advice I have managed to do hive inspections, understand how the hive works and get my bees ready for winter. I know I am still learning, but will be able to contact Khalil and Salma for help whenever I'm not sure. Thank you for your time guys!

All our Honey bees are adapted to the UK climate, including the South East, London, Essex and surrounding areas. The UK honey bee colonies are all reared by us and are gentle, hardworking, thrifty in the use of stores and manage very well in our climate.
All nuc colonies for sale contain local queen bees from our best tested stock and are open mated to provide the genetic diversity required for strong adapted colonies. All UK reared nucleus colonies will have the current years queen, brood in all stages as well as adequate stores.

Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value I purchased two nucs of Khalil and his wife. From the very beginning I have had nothing but help which was so needed from a beginner like me. The bees are now at my home and both hives are thriving so much so I’ve already had to add a super per hive. Bees are also so calm. I have bombarded Khalil with messages and he has always replied to me straight away and given me more than I expected. Thanks so much for such a great service and for being so helpful. I can’t wait to go on one of you’re courses in the near future.

Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value Khalil and Salma are truly brilliant beekeepers, teachers and advisors. They know the subject matter comprehensively and are a fountain of knowledge and wisdom. Any bees that come from them are calm and well bred. I recommend Bushwood bees to everyone.

Where does our honey come from

Buy local honey near me !! – The very finest Great Taste Award winning real pure and raw local honey from London and surrounding areas including Leytonstone, Wanstead, Redbridge, West Ham, Stratford, Olympic Village, Walthamstow, Woodford, and Chingford. Honey local to Waltham Forest, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Epping, Redbridge, Hackney, City of London, London and Essex.

Being the beekeepers all honey is from our own hives and cared for in the best possible way. We only remove the excess leaving the bees more then enough for themselves. We are ethical beekeepers and appreciate the honey bee and the great pollination service they provide. Our honey is as nature intended, from the hive to the jar without heating or treating and only strained to remove large bits of wax, this way all the goodness is preserved. Being local our honey contains pollen from the local area, many use this for seasonal allergies including hay fever

Honey Specialist of the Year !

We are so happy to be awarded the 2023 / 2024 Honey Specialist of the Year Award for the London & South East England regions. Thank you to Prestige Awards for this recognition. As a small family business we take great care to ensure all honey is our own, is fully traceable, has no air miles and is from bees managed as ethical as possible. The great taste of the honey is testament to the quality and has won many awards over the years.

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Bushwood bees – Family of beekeepers supplying the finest raw local honey, beekeeping courses, beekeeping experience day, London honey bees and East London honey, honey for hay fever, all from our own beehives. Buy raw local honey near me