South Street Honey
The hive keepers
For 18 years, we have been providing wooden boxes for honey bees to live in. Minimal management or intrusion, with a very hands off, observation based, holistic, bee centric ethos. The knowledge we have built over the years gives us a wonderful platform to share our passions, understanding, and love for pollinators, but honey bees in particular.
The bees decide the direction and growth of South Street Honey. Our 10th Apiary has just been set up on commercial land in conjunction with STEF-Langdons. Our other apiaries are all based in Somerset from Wellington, to Glastonbury.
How it all began....
Many years ago, as a child, James's parents used to make family visits from there home in Seven Kings, Essex, to some friends in Salisbury, there John Boocock RIP kept a couple of hives of honeybees. From this point, James has been fascinated by nature, the great outdoors, and in particular honey bees.
Fast forward to 2006, and James finally had the chance to take a course on. basic beekeeping, and buy his first colony of bees. The course, as predicted, didn't last very long for James. Finding the very formulaic, pre planned, almost clockwork teachings from books written decades ago, not to his way of thinking. Prefering to learn from experienced keepers, James bought his first colony from Chris Harries, and the story begins......