Nature’s Choice Hampshire

03/12/2025

17/11/2023

🎄 Christmas Gift Sets: The festive season is around the corner! Our special Christmas gift sets, featuring a selection of our best beeswax and honey products, are the perfect way to spread joy and sweetness to your loved ones.

16/11/2023

There was a time when almost every rural British family who kept bees followed a strange tradition.

Whenever there was a death in the family, someone had to go out to the hives and tell the bees of the terrible loss that had befallen the family.

Failing to do so often resulted in further losses such as the bees leaving the hive, or not producing enough honey or even dying.

Traditionally, the bees were kept abreast of not only deaths but all important family matters including births, marriages, and long absence due to journeys. If the bees were not told, all sorts of calamities were thought to happen. This peculiar custom is known as “telling the bees”.

The practice of telling the bees may have its origins in Celtic mythology that held that bees were the link between our world and the spirit world. So if you had any message that you wished to pass to someone who was dead, all you had to do was tell the bees and they would pass along the message.

The typical way to tell the bees was for the head of the household, or “goodwife of the house” to go out to the hives, knock gently to get the attention of the bees, and then softly murmur in a doleful tune the solemn news.

Little rhymes developed over the centuries specific to a particular region. In Nottinghamshire, the wife of the dead was heard singing quietly in front of the hive,

“The master's dead, but don't you go; Your mistress will be a good mistress to you.”

In Germany, a similar couplet was heard,

“Little bee, our lord is dead; Leave me not in my distress”.

But the relationship between bees and humans goes beyond superstition. It’s a fact, that bees help humans survive. 70 of the top 100 crop species that feed 90% of the human population rely on bees for pollination.

Without them, these plants would cease to exist and with it all animals that eat those plants. This can have a cascading effect that would ripple catastrophically up the food chain.

Losing a beehive is much worse than losing a supply of honey. The consequences are life threatening.

The act of telling the bees emphasizes this deep connection humans share with the insect.

Art: The Bee Friend, a painting by Hans Thoma (1839–1924)

16/11/2023

🐝 Wax Melts: Transform your home’s atmosphere with our beeswax melts! Infused with natural scents, these wax melts fill your space with a warm, inviting fragrance. Just melt in your favorite warmer for a honey-scented oasis. From £3

15/11/2023

🕯️ Beeswax Candles: Illuminate your space with our range of beautifully crafted candles. Made purely from beeswax, they offer a gentle, natural light and a subtle, soothing aroma. Perfect for cozy evenings! From £2.50!

14/11/2023

🍯🍓 Honey Jams: Delight your taste buds with our unique honey jams, available in a variety of flavors. Each jam blends the natural sweetness of honey with luscious fruits, creating a perfect spread for your morning toast or a sweet addition to your desserts. From £4 a jar

13/11/2023

🍯 Pure Honey: Taste the purity of nature with our honey, available in two convenient sizes: a generous 1lb jar for the honey enthusiasts, and a handy ½lb jar for those sweet, small moments. Straight from the hive to your table! (£8.50/£5)

08/11/2023

Looking to create a cozy atmosphere in your home? 🏡 Our beeswax candles are the perfect touch!
Made with pure, sustainably sourced beeswax, they burn cleaner and brighter, filling your space with a warm, natural glow and a subtle, sweet honey scent.
No additives, no paraffin, just the pure, sweet gifts from nature. Light up your evenings with our candles and enjoy a serene, toxin-free environment.

Order yours today and embrace the natural brilliance of beeswax! Prices start from £2.50

✨🐝