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🐝 Beekeepers in South Manchester 🐝 Keeping treatment-free bees, selling pure honey, handmade soap & offering unforgettable bee experience days🍯✨
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The thing about doing what works for you.We tried markets. We really did. And we learned something important: just becau...
20/06/2026

The thing about doing what works for you.

We tried markets. We really did. And we learned something important: just because something sounds like a good idea doesn't mean it's the right idea for your life.

We'd stand there in the rain, watching the parade go past, thinking about the kids at home, the bees that needed checking, the dog that hadn't been walked. And we'd think, this is exhausting. This isn't working.

So we stopped. We looked at what we actually had time for. What we actually wanted to do. And we realised we were already doing it. We've got a shop. We've got a website. We've got the postal service. We've got events we care about.

The PTA events at our kids' schools. The Society for Abandoned Animals charity days. Things we'd be doing anyway. Things that don't steal our weekends or leave us shattered on Sunday night.

And here's the thing. It's working better. Customers can order when they want. We can fulfil orders when we want. We're not standing in the cold at 3pm wondering why we thought this was a good idea.

We've got respect for everyone doing the market grind every weekend. Genuinely. But we're not them. And we're okay with that. We're building something that fits our actual life, not the life we think we should be living.

If you want to find us, we're here. In the shop. Online. At the events that matter to us. That's where the real work happens.

19/06/2026

Swarm collection at Manchester Piccadilly train station today — not your average platform announcement.

First job: get everyone safely into the swarm box… and yes, they’re always heavier than they look. A “little box of bees” is basically a living, buzzing kettlebell.

Then the bit people don’t usually see: quarantine.

Every swarm we collect goes into a quarantine spot first so we can properly check:
- they’re healthy
- the queen is safe and not damaged
- she’s laying well (because that tells us the colony is settling and functioning)

Only once we’re happy do we move them onto one of our larger hives and start building them up properly.

And here’s the exciting part: while they’re in quarantine, we’re also watching for signs this could be a colony with genetics worth keeping an eye on — the kind we might want to breed from in future years. Calm temperament, good laying pattern, strong survival traits… basically, bees with the right attitude.

Manchester, you’ve done it again.

Any questions about what happens after a swarm is collected? Ask away.

19/06/2026

Gareth, sat outside a hive we’ve just collected from Piccadilly train station.

You can see the last of the bees calmly walking into the box… and this is the bit most people don’t realise: we always leave the box in place until after dusk.

If we removed it straight away, the remaining bees (often 500-ish still out flying) would come back to find “home” missing. That’s when they get confused, distressed, and start clustering in the wrong places — which can cause problems for passing members of the public.

So we wait. Let them all come in. Then we move them safely once it’s dark and everyone’s settled.

Got questions about swarm collections in the city? Pop them below.

Here's the thing about selling something you love. You can't separate the product from the passion.We've tried the strai...
18/06/2026

Here's the thing about selling something you love. You can't separate the product from the passion.

We've tried the straight sales approach. Post a jar, mention the price, move on. It doesn't work as well as you'd think. But when we post Gareth with a frame of bees, or a swarm hanging from a branch, or the chaos of extraction day, something shifts. People engage. They ask questions. They want to know more.

And that's when they buy. Not because we convinced them honey is good, but because they understand what goes into it. They see the work. They see the care. They see why we won't treat our hives with chemicals even though it would be easier.

The disconnect people feel from their food is real. Most of them have no idea where anything comes from. So when we show them where ours comes from, down to the postcode, down to the bees themselves, it matters. It's the opposite of disconnected. It's the whole story.

And yes, we sell less honey on the days we post bee videos. But we sell to better customers. People who get it.

17/06/2026

A bucket of honeybees from a swarm being tipped in front a hive. This swarm was collected from Sale M33 and we leave the hive in position until dusk when all the foraging bees have returned then we pick it up and take it to the quarantine apiary.

Address

2 Hampson Street
Sale
M333HJ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+447969405551

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