Arlenes Local Bread and Honey & Gluten Free Cakes and Bakes

16/08/2026

It’s been the worst year for honey this year.
The weather has been so dry that there hasn’t been much nectar flow for excess honey.
I’ve just bottled a minimum amount of honey and made them infused with ginger and. turmeric and black pepper. These are back in stock. But limited amount.
I will be at the Highams Park farmers market in September, so come and buy. Or DM me to collect from home.

29/07/2026

Last Sundays Local Market selling my Gluten free cakes and Local E17 Honey. Contact me if you need a jar, of pure, hive to jar honey, harvested from my small apiary in my garden in Walthamstow.

12/06/2026

This Sunday Highams Park have a Yard Sale on. I will be selling my honey from my house on Forest View Road, E17 4EJ. So if you are wanting local honey, pop through the underpass at the top of Wi******er Road and Wadham Road and walk along a few doors down on the right hand side to buy, local honey produced from my garden.

I will be moving out of area soon, so this is a good time to buy.

I might also have a few other items to sell, like my sons beginner saxophone for those new budding saxophonists, 2 music stands, a picnic hamper and some books.

09/05/2026

It was a busy day today at Highams Park Saturday Farmers Market organised by -pop-up and the esbee team. Great to see so many faces and people supporting local small businesses. Most of my cakes went and a lot of honey was also sold. So time for a bath and rest in front of the TV. Looking forward to being at the market again soon. Enjoy your weekend one and all and I hope you enjoyed the cakes and honey. Also thanks to my mate Amelia Snare Travel Conceige who popped by and was so helpful. She is now my lucky charm.

25/04/2026

After shifting my hives to the Wanstead Apiary for 6 months, they are back in my garden. The garden just feels so wonderful to have them back home.

My son came over on Thursday evening to help me move them back. I am still looking for beginner or experience beekeeper who wants to buy a very productive hive. DM if you are interested.

However in the mean time. I just want to let you know that have lots of honey from 2025 to sell. Including my wonderful infused honeys.

For all you hayfever suffers, come and pop buy and grab a jar. I will be at the Highams Park Market on 9 May, looking forward to seeing you then. I will have also be selling my gluten free cakes. Some come buy. You can also reserve your honey through my website www.arlenescakesandbakes.com.

07/04/2026

Hi all, I got a bit excited with the Bank Holiday Monday weather, so I went and visit my two hives at the Wanstead Apiary, which I moved them to in December. Have a look, enjoy.

16/12/2025

Just discovered this clip taken over 2 years ago at Good Shepherd Leytonstone. Using less gongs and more crystal bowls. Sometimes less is more.
Dates are up for January on the website.
4 January 6.30pm and 17 January 3.30-6.30pm. Let’s get the New Year off to a good start with clearing negative vibes and bring in health intentions for the year ahead.

14/09/2025

Thought I’d share what my bees were up to. We have hit autumn and it’s time to take off the last of the honey and prep for winter. So this morning after my swim, I was right in there. Taking off the last honey. Which I might feed back to them for stores and giving them a treatment to remove varroa mite, which are one of the parasites that bees have to live with. They will suck the hatching bees blood and weaken the colony. The colony works as a unit and if the mite population is a high, this can reduce their resilience and hence they won’t get through the winter. As a result of trying to do two jobs, treat and unit two colonies, you can see they broods were over flowing with bees and they were bearding along the front of the hive. Bees do not read the manuals of bee keeping and I probably should have done the treatment and left uniting to another day.

03/09/2025