Micklethwaite Honey

25/05/2026

If anyone is interested in keeping bees, please contact me for details. Help and advice available along with nucleus of bees.
Although not essential, it’s recommended you take up a course in beekeeping before keeping bees.

04/05/2026

Micklethwaite Bees in slow motion..!

14/03/2026

14/03/2026

You would think I’d got a swarm but it’s actually a boxwood tree in blossom..!

08/02/2026

Here’s an interesting podcast about imported honey which explains why it’s so much cheaper than locally sourced honey.

Sheila Dillon investigates the scale of global honey fraud.

07/02/2026

Workshop dates : sleeping fox
Enjoy a lovely, relaxing and therapeutic afternoon making your own adorable sleeping fox 🧡

Saturday 7th March - 3 places
At my home address
1.00 pm- 4.00 pm
Or
Saturday 9th May - 3 places
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm
All Refreshments, non alcoholic fizz and sweet treats and materials provided.And of course you get to take home your sleeping fox in a mini wreath.
£35.00
Please message me or email [email protected] for more information 🙏
Just to let you know I have a cat, incase of allergies.

26/01/2026

Yet more visitors to my garden. Sorry it’s long but wait for the third deer to arrive..!

04/01/2026

Micklethwaite Honey had two visitors today in the form of two young deer. They’ve recently become regular visitors and amazingly healthy considering they’re wild animals, unlike the plants they eat in my garden..!

03/01/2026

A sunny day for treating bees for varroa mite with oxalic acid. This involves a 12v battery and a heated tray (fitted with a glow plug) which transforms the oxalic crystals into a gas. It’s harmless to the bees but causes them to groom themselves and each other. Hopefully, the varroa mites fall off their bodies and die. Varroa mites are devastating parasites that feed on the fat bodies of both adult honey bees and developing brood, severely weakening them and suppressing their immune system. Oxalic acid is naturally organic (found in rhubarb, spinach and many other plants), and it’s approved for Varroa treatment.

22/10/2025

Micklethwaite Honey - Autumn Honey and Winter Honey available now. Local beekeeper selling locally produced honey from own hives. Pure natural local honey straight from the hive. Also available from Hedgehog Organics Bingley and East Morton Community Shop.