Welcome to Read Apiary – an Apiary “a place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives”.
If you’re here because of the web site address on a jar of our honey – thank you for your purchase! I hope you enjoy the taste of quality local honey from beehives in NE Hampshire (UK).
If you bought our honey from a stall, and would like more, we also sell our honey direct from the door – our address is on every jar of honey (see current availability in yellow box below).
I’ve been a beekeeper for over 25 years, and am still learning! Like most UK beekeepers (there’s about 44,000 of us) I manage Honey Bee colonies as a fascinating hobby, with any income made from the sale of honey going to help look after my hives and their honeybee colonies.
Have a browse around the site, there’s lots of beekeeping information available in books and online, so I provide information that’s relevant to the honey you’ve bought from me, my style of beekeeping and anything else that I find interesting!
Interested in beekeeping, and live in NE Hampshire (UK)?
Along with Beekeeping friends, I help run a beekeeping course offered by Fleet & District Beekeepers Association.
A member of a local group, school, club or charity in NE Hampshire, and would like a session about beekeeping?
We offer session to local groups about beekeeping and honeybees.
A local business or business park looking to keep a couple of hives onsite?
Along with a fellow beekeeping friend, I run a service to manage one or more honeybee colonies for several local businesses / business parks. We have several clients around the area. We look after the colonies, the client gets the enjoyment and pleasure of active honeybee colonies at their business / business park (location would need to be in the NE Hampshire area). They might even get some jars of honey to donate to the staff. Contact me for more information and service cost if this is of interest.
Graham & Catherine
2026 Spring Honey
10/05/2026. 2026 Spring honey is nearly here! The spring has been early and relatively warm, the colonies have been busy, so we are about to extract our first crop which will be available soon – watch this space or any of our social media pages for updates.
We keep a shelf stocked at our front door, where you can pay via cash or card – we don’t need to be in. See the address on any jar of our honey, or message for details.
Our honey can also be found in The Crafters Collective shop at 38 Princes Mead, Farnborough.
We often attend local fairs, fetes and craft shows.
Contact us via email on: beekeeper@honey-bee.co.uk, via our Instagram, Facebook Page, or NextDoor page.
