MJ Bees Ltd

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25/04/2023

We are over the moon to announce our new visitor apiary this summer.

Pre book your tickets now to receive a 50% discount on your first visit.

21/02/2023

The Bees need us more than ever, and you can be part of the change.

Our new community bee keeping hub in Purleigh will be open this spring.

If you have ever thought of becoming a beekeeper but don't know where to start, our hub could be perfect for you. With everything supplied and set up, full training and everything you need there's no easier way to start a new hobby

For more information please contact us via our social media or direct through the website www.mjbees.co.uk

20/02/2023

Here we go, time to get the girls working. Apricot pollination starts over the next couple of weeks, let's hope the weather plays ball.

09/11/2022

Last chance to grab a ticket for our GIN AND COCKTAIL night on the 14th November.

To book tickets please either pop into the Purleigh Bell or visit our website via the link below.

https://mjbees.co.uk/shop/ols/products/gin-tasting-night-14th-november-2022

02/11/2022

Come join us at the Purleigh Bell on the 14th November for a Gin and Cocktail night to remember.

To book tickets visit www.mjbees.co.uk or pop in to The Bell and speak to a member of staff

26/10/2022

Join us at for the official launch of our Beeline Gins and Rum on the 14th November

We will be hosting a full tasting of our 4 honey flavoured Gins and Rum, feast on a charcuterie board whilst the master distiller from talks you through these amazing creations.

After we will dazzle you with an array of cocktails whilst entertaining you with a local musician

Limited tickets available https://mjbees.co.uk/shop/ols/products/gin-tasting-night-14th-november-2022

04/10/2022

Our exclusive line of Gins and Rum are now available to buy, either via our website or locally

Rumble Bee Spiced Rum (50cl 40%ABV)

Locally grown saffron is combined with warming cinnamon and vanilla, finished with organic cocoa nibs and sweetened with mid summer honey

04/10/2022

Our exclusive line of Gins and Rum are now available to buy, either via our website or locally

The Bramble Blackberry and Honey Gin (50CL 37.5% ABV)

Orange and herbaceous gin botanicals, infused with handpicked Essex blackberries and sweetened with our summer blossom honey

04/10/2022

Our exclusive line of Gins and Rum are now available to buy, either via our website or locally

Orchard Breeze Spiced Apple and honey Gin (50CL 37.5% ABV)

Warming cinnamon and clove spices, mixed with freshly picked seasonal Essex apples and sweetened with our late summer harvest honey

04/10/2022

Our exclusive line of Gins and Rum are now available to buy, either via our website or locally

The Bees Knees Lemon and Honey Gin (50CL 37.5% ABV)

Featuring classic gin botanicals, fresh hand zested Italian lemons and delicately sweetened with our Essex Borage Honey

03/10/2022

Amazing day on Saturday bringing all our Rent-A-Hive customers together to collect their honey, and of course taste our fabulous new Gins and Rum

03/10/2022

Our New Cellar Shop is now open. Visit our online store to see our exclusive range of Gins and Rum. Created using local ingredients and sweetened with our very own Honey

http://mjbees.co.uk

28/09/2022

Out Rent-A-Hive customers are going to be very happy the weekend. Over the last week we have filtered, Jared and labeled, with their personalised labels, ready for them to take home

See you all soon

To find out more about our Rent-A-Hive programme pop over to our website for more details

www.mjbees.co.uk

27/09/2022

Our delicious summer honey is now available, we will be updating our online store over the next couple of days with all our readily available products

Available now
●honey

Coming soon
●honey gin
●beeswax candles
●beeswax food wraps
●honey chocolates

More products are in the making, our ethos is to produce local, natural and sustainable products. This will be reflected to the best of our ability in everything we do

14/09/2022

Lots has been going on behind the scenes over the last few weeks with our product development, and we are very excited to announce that will be making some very special honey flavoured gins

Is was certainly a tough morning blending and tasting, but we nailed down our recipes

30/08/2022

6am pulling honey from the ladies, another great harvest day, 15 straight hours. Home to no power so pot noodle it is (oh wait no kettle 😅) least its a great way to showcase our new candles

04/08/2022

These perfect hexagonal cells are an incredible show of just how clever honeybees are, they were doing this long long before us humans even existed, some 74,000,000 years or so ago.

Mooving left to right you can see the different stages of brood, from eggs to capped larve.

03/08/2022

There's always something fascinating to see when inspecting a hive

The bees are all clinging onto a wire on the frame where the foundation has been broken.

01/08/2022

It's been a loooooong day, 70 supers pulled first thing this morning and roughly half way through spinning.

Months of hard work, love, attention, multiple stings and definitely blood and sweat, but this is the end result

31/07/2022

VOLUME ON.......

on Friday we split hives ready to accept our new queen's, after mooving them to our nursery Apiary we left them shut in with syrup feed for 48 hours, tonight I opened up the doors.

31/07/2022

It's not always about work, beach days with the dogs and a beautiful sunset out at anchor, ready for the week ahead

31/07/2022

After splitting a hive, the queenless colony will create and raise a new queen, this is the end result of their work

This new queen should hatch withing the next few days, she will then hopefully be mated within a week and the following 7 to 10 days we should be able to see brood. Another example of just how amazing these creatures are

29/07/2022

Successful grafts, 13 new queen's coming along nicely.

Today we made up new queenless 4 frame Nucs ready for these to be transfered into on Monday

29/07/2022

Ive been asked to take over some old abandoned hives, they are in a terrible condition but the colonies are strong. I will remove all this wild comb and tie it into new frames and the bees will do the rest for me. Some new frames in the brood box and a good clean and these colonies should be fine.

29/07/2022

After spending 5 hours in a beesuit today, this hit the spot....... delicious 😋

28/07/2022

40 clearer boards made in record time tonight.

Tomorrow we will pull of the full honey supers and place the clearer board on, before returning the full supers. This allows the bees to moove back down the hive and through the one way door in the clearer board.

On Monday we can then pull off the full supers ready for spinning with HOPEFULLY no bees in them.

28/07/2022

Well my day didn't quite go to plan after spending the first half of it looking after a very poorly doggy, by lunchtime would never have believed there was anything wrong with her 🐶🐶

28/07/2022

Homemade Honey Fudge Mmmmmmmm delicious 😋

28/07/2022

Beautiful sweet blackberries, heading out with our gorgeous blackberry honey, to be turned into something quite special. Watch this space

28/07/2022

Something very special is in the works 😉😉

Fresh blackberries picked from our Apiary, pollinated by our very own bees and paired with our blackberry honey...... its going to be scrummy

Address

Purleigh
CM36QJ

Website

http://www.mjbees.co.uk/

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VOLUME ON....... on Friday we split hives ready to accept our new queen's, after mooving them to our nursery Apiary we left them shut in with syrup feed for 48 hours, tonight I opened up the doors. #pollen #hive #honeybee #honeybees #fortheloveofallbees #honeybeehive #honeybeecolony #pollen #beehives #beekeeping #beekeepinglife #beekeepersofinstagram #beekeepingadventures #beekeeperslife #beekeepinguk #britishbeekeeping #britishbeekeeper #britishhoneybee #ukbeekeeper #ukbeekeeping #bees #beesofinstagram #honey #hiveinspection #apiary #apiarylife #pollination #pollenators

Another couple hundred frames made and ready to head out to the hives next week. Next year I'm going to be more prepared............."maybe" 🤣 #bees #beesofinstagram #honey #honeybee #hiveinspection #apiary #apiarylife #pollen #pollination #pollenators #beelife

Our new 20 frame centrifugal spinner is making short work of extracting honey @abelobeekeeping #bees #beesofinstagram #honey #honeybee #hiveinspection #apiary #apiarylife #pollen #pollination #pollenators

Moving hives about this time of year sure keeps us busy, but being out in the country surrounded by nature, on a warm summers evening, it definitely doesn't get better #bees #beesofinstagram #honey #honeybee #hiveinspection #apiary #apiarylife #pollen #pollination #pollenators

BUSY BEES.......

BUSY BEES, you just can't beat a slow motion video.

Slow motion bees

Nice 15oC today and the girls were out in strength, plenty of pollen coming in, had to take a quick slow motion vid #bees #beekeeping #honey #honeybee #hives #beehive #pollen #pollenators #pollination

Honeybee covered in pollen

Looks like the girls have been dive bombing the daffodils, covered in bright yellow pollen #bees #beekeeping #honey #honeybee #hives #beehive #daffodils