Forest of Dean Honey

Forest of Dean Honey A small scale family-run honey producer based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Supplying pure Forest of Dean Honey and apiculture products.

04/08/2026

Summer honey 2026. Pure honey, nothing added, nothing taken out!

Its been a bit of a mixed year for honey production, with the cold Spring and this long dry spell.We took the Summer hon...
04/08/2026

Its been a bit of a mixed year for honey production, with the cold Spring and this long dry spell.
We took the Summer honey off this weekend, the earliest date ever. A busy few days then follows, uncapping, extracting and cold filtering.
This year its definitely been worth the effort, the honey has a great taste and colour.
Keep and eye out for it being jarred and sold soon.

Another hot day for inspecting the hives, but it needs to be done regardless of the weather. 0600 start and plenty of w...
11/07/2026

Another hot day for inspecting the hives, but it needs to be done regardless of the weather. 0600 start and plenty of water!
The girls are working hard, bringing in the honey at an impressive rate considering how dry it has been for nectar production.
A few more weeks and we will start to take the Summer honey crop off.

Creamed honey is back! Made using our Spring cropped honey, creamed until it has a soft set consistency similar to fudge...
09/07/2026

Creamed honey is back!
Made using our Spring cropped honey, creamed until it has a soft set consistency similar to fudge.
Priced at £6 per 12oz jar. Collection is available from us in Cinderford, make contact if you need the address.

21/06/2026

Every year we set up whats known as a bait hive in our back garden. The intention is to try and catch any swarms in the local area that might be looking for a new home.
The hive is baited with some old frames of comb and a few drops of lemon grass oil that replicates the smell of a Queens pheromone.
The last couple of days that has been a lot of interest from what would be scout bees.
This afternoon the swarm arrived en masse, always something spectacular to stand in the middle of and watch.

I don't suppose anyone has an old oil drum that they want to get rid of that I could use for a project? Doesn't need to ...
13/06/2026

I don't suppose anyone has an old oil drum that they want to get rid of that I could use for a project? Doesn't need to be pretty but still needs to be water tight.
Don't worry its not for honey 😆!!
Happy to collect.
Thanks

Our honey is now available for sale at Bridge House Bunker, 104 St Whites Road, Cinderford, GL14 3HB. They keep a range ...
13/06/2026

Our honey is now available for sale at Bridge House Bunker, 104 St Whites Road, Cinderford, GL14 3HB. They keep a range of locally produced products and beautiful plants.

We now have runny honey back in stock! Collection as usual from us in Cinderford, pm me if you need our address. Priced...
03/06/2026

We now have runny honey back in stock!
Collection as usual from us in Cinderford, pm me if you need our address. Priced at £6 for a 12oz jar.
Alternatively you can buy our honey from:

C & J's bakery Cinderford
Wyedean Healthfoods Cinderford
Forest Friendly Lydney
Nurshill Farm Eggs Lydney
Wood's Family Butchers Huntley
The Forest Bakehouse Longhope
Wye Weight Monmouth
Oh-my-goat Mitcheldean

Creamed honey will follow later in the season.

A couple of weeks ago we went out for a tiny swarm that had made home in a gas combi boiler. Often with these small cast...
27/05/2026

A couple of weeks ago we went out for a tiny swarm that had made home in a gas combi boiler.

Often with these small cast swarms there will normally be a virgin Queen or in some cases no Queen at all. We were pleased today to find a healthy looking Queen that if you look closely in the picture has already started laying eggs into cells.

A virgin Queen will fly off to get mated with drones from other colonies and once mated will remain fertile for the next 3-4 years, using the s***m stored inside her abdomen to lay in the summer month 2-3000 eggs a day.

We mark our Queens to help find them in the colony and use a different colour each year to identify her age, 2026's colour is white. Thanks to Emily McCoy who has taken over as chief Queen marker!

Bit of an usual swarm call today.This little colony had started to make home in the internals of a gas combi boiler, a f...
16/05/2026

Bit of an usual swarm call today.
This little colony had started to make home in the internals of a gas combi boiler, a first for us to see.
Now collected and rehomed in the isolation Apiary where we will check them to find out if they are Queen right and disease free.

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Cinderford
GL142ED

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