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  • WHY THE FIGHT FOR AUTHENTICITY CONTINUES
    November 15, 2024 Steve Benbow

    WHY THE FIGHT FOR AUTHENTICITY CONTINUES

    "Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test"
    Reported The Guardian this week.
    The honey industry faces new demands to overhaul its supply chain after more than 90% of sampled products bought from large British ­retailers failed pioneering authenticity tests.This included major honey brands and supermarkets. The tests found that 24 out of the 25 jars of honey from retailers were considered suspicious. All five samples from UK beekeepers were considered to be genuine.
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  • Hosting the Bee Farmers Association
    February 16, 2024 Steve Benbow

    Hosting the Bee Farmers Association

    Bee Farmers Association Professional Development Day As part of our 25th Year celebrations, we were proud to host an industry event this week with the Bee Farmers Association, the voice of professional beekeeping in the UK. With almost 500 industry members,...

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  • Bee Garden Party 2023
    June 16, 2023 the London Honey Company

    Bee Garden Party 2023

    Do as the bees do... Community. Teamwork. Partnership.  In the world of bees, you can never speak in singular form. Each of them makes an individual contribution, but the goal is for the common good. Such would be our approach...

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  • What is World Bee Day?
    May 19, 2023 the London Honey Company

    What is World Bee Day?

    The 20th May is World Bee Day. A day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of bees and other pollinators, that are increasingly under threat from human activities. 
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  • Introducing... EXTRAORDINARY BORAGE
    September 24, 2021 the London Honey Company

    Introducing... EXTRAORDINARY BORAGE

    Introducing our new short film: EXTRAORDINARY BORAGE

    To whet your appetite for the film, we sat down for a quick chat with Beekeeper George, Steve's nephew, and the brains behind our CBD development process. You'll also meet George in the film, discussing what it means to be a bee farmer and what is so special to him about borage.

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  • Meet the London Honey Company team: Hannah Reeves
    May 1, 2020 Sonya Karlsson

    Meet the London Honey Company team: Hannah Reeves

    We sit down with Hannah, our first apprentice beekeeper and host of our online courses   Hannah! How did you get into beekeeping? I first started keeping bees at 16, and not having a sweet tooth, never really ate the honey. When...

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  • A Winter Beekeeping Season in New Zealand
    December 4, 2019 Bold Commerce Collaborator

    A Winter Beekeeping Season in New Zealand

    Our apprentice beekeeper Jack Silberrad shares his experiences beekeeping in the beautiful mountains in Tasman, New Zealand, for a three month work experience placement. As part of my apprenticeship and to broaden my experience I have been hosted by Manuka...

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  • Summer at the London Honey Company
    June 14, 2018 Emily Reed

    Summer at the London Honey Company

    I thought I'd share with you a little ditty of an update that I wrote to go out with the summer wholesale catalogue, the summer is often so busy that we can be guilty of going quiet on our customers - forgive us, it's not you, it's the beekeeping!
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