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'Right sort of weather' helps honey harvest

BBKA’s annual Honey Survey results reveal that honey bees overcame summer starvation threats to provide 26lbs of honey per hive

The East remains England’s most productive region with beekeepers citing the ‘right sort of weather’

The results of the British Beekeepers Association’s annual Honey Survey, released on 28 October, reveal that the average colony of bees in England...

Saltram Summer Garden Party

Tamar Grow Local and Saltram House will be celebrating the summer in true English country style on the weekend of 25th and 26th July in the grounds of the beautiful 18th century estate in Plymouth with this year’s Saltram Summer Garden Party.

Over 50 food producers, artists and makers will be heading to Saltram over the weekend for the Garden Party which will showcase local food, drink and crafts made in Cornwall and Devon.

There will also be masses of family entertainment on offer including traditional garden games, a programme of talks taking place in Saltram’s Grade II...

Do you know what honey are you getting for your money?

HEALTH conscious Manuka honey fans should ensure that what they are buying is genuine after it was revealed that five out of six jars are fake. The warning came as Channel Four’s Dispatches programme this week (Monday, March 17) documented figures which show that UK consumption of the immune boosting honey exceeds global production. And with jars of Manuka honey selling for up to £45, someone...