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“What is the best way to store honey? “, this is possibly one of the most frequent questions that we are asked here at the Littleover Apiary. To answer this question correctly, we’ll start with a few facts about honey. Honey is the only natural food product that cannot rot or “go off”. This is because of its high sugar Read More
The month of May sees us well into the early crop and all the new Queens have been introduced. The supers have been on the hives for the last month now and the early signs are looking good. Most hives and their colonies have each produced about 30lbs of oil seed rape honey. The majority of the colonies have been moved toward Read More
It’s nice to be able to help those when we can. And whom better to help than one of honeys biggest fans – The Bear! We’re proud to be able to say that we have been working closely with The Winton Foundation for the Welfare of Bears and the three rescued circus bears Carmen, Suzy and Peggy at Five Sisters Zoo Read More
One of a baker’s worst fears – The Macaroon! With Easter in the air, we decided to face our fears head on and put to the test our recipe for Almond and Lavender Honey Butter Cream Macaroons. The results? Well, lets just say there was only a single macaroon left to photograph after the Littleover Apiary crew got whiff of Read More
Our Lavender Butter Cream really is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Three ingredients: 1 – 115g butter 2 – 200g icing sugar 3 – 1 tbsp of our Lavender Honey Three things to do: 1 – Cream together the butter and icing sugar until fluffy 2 – Stir in the Lavender Honey 3 – All ready to pipe/spread/lick the Read More
Orange Blossom Honey Loaf We have been experimenting in the kitchen and are pleased to say that our Orange Blossom Honey Loaf turned out to be a delight for the taste buds! Why not give it a try at home and bring a little ray of sunshine to your afternoon cup of tea! Here’s what you’re going to need: – Read More
Simple to make, versatile and utterly delicious! Get spreading with our English Honey and Cinnamon Butter recipe. Here’s what you need: 8oz butter, room temperature 8oz icing sugar 8oz Littleover Apiaries English Honey 2 teaspoons cinnamon And here’s how to do it: – Whisk (electric or by hand) all ingredients together until smooth – Cover and place into the fridge Read More
What is raw honey? Well in our opinion the term has been bandied about by a lot of people who should have known or know better. Technically Honey cannot be “cooked”, it can, and sometime is, burnt – either deliberately or by bad handling. Most honey is cold extracted and is also unpasteurised and so most definitely is “raw”. However Read More
We are now experiencing the first rays of the spring sun and with it comes the start of the bee-keeping year for us. We have finished all the maintenance of hive parts and all the new wax has been put into fra mes ready for the season to commence. Every colony has now had their mouse guards removed and been Read More
Looking for something a little different to celebrate Pancake Day this year? We have just the ticket with our truly delicious Organic Wildflower Honey and Vanilla home made ice cream! Why not give it a try on your Pancakes and let us know how you get on? Not only is our Organic Wildflower Honey a firm favourite here at Littleover Read More