Black Country Bees

Black Country Bees A local beekeeper selling honey and bee-related products from the heart of the Black Country!

10/06/2026

We’ve done it! 🥳

Today the stars aligned and we were finally able to move one of our hives to our new apiary and we’re hoping to get the rest of the hives across in the next couple of weeks 🐝

A massive thank you again to everyone who helped us source our bees new home!

We’re excited to share some fantastic news for Black Country Bees! 🐝🌼We’ve officially entered into a new partnership wit...
05/04/2026

We’re excited to share some fantastic news for Black Country Bees! 🐝🌼

We’ve officially entered into a new partnership with Sandvik Coromant, who have kindly provided us with a dedicated area of land on their site to establish a brand new apiary.

This is a huge step forward for us. Not only does it allow us to expand our colonies and continue producing high-quality, local honey, but it also gives our bees a safe and supportive environment to thrive. Partnerships like this play an important role in supporting pollinators and promoting biodiversity in our local area.

We’re incredibly grateful to Sandvik Coromant for their support and for recognising the importance of bees to our ecosystem. 🌍💛

We’re looking forward to sharing updates as the new apiary develops—keep an eye on our page for photos, progress, and of course, plenty of bee activity!

Thank you to everyone who liked, commented and shared our previous post around trying to find a new home for our bees - it means the world to us!

Hello lovely people! 👋🐝First of all, a huge sorry for the radio silence — we’ve been a bit quiet, but we’re very happy t...
08/02/2026

Hello lovely people! 👋🐝

First of all, a huge sorry for the radio silence — we’ve been a bit quiet, but we’re very happy to say Black Country Bees is back! 🎉

We’re buzzing with excitement for the year ahead and can’t wait for a fantastic season of beekeeping, learning, and sharing the journey with you all. There’s lots to come, and we’re so grateful for your continued support 🖤💛

That said, we do need a little help from our amazing community. We are desperately looking for a small area of land to use as an apiary in the Black Country — ideally around Halesowen, Brierley Hill, or surrounding areas. If you (or someone you know) have a suitable spot and would be open to helping us out, we’d absolutely love to hear from you.

Please feel free to message us or tag anyone who might be able to help, even leads are hugely appreciated!

Here’s to a great year ahead and lots of happy, healthy bees 🐝✨

A great harvest this year! Just sitting down to jar the crop and the weigh in occurred… 20KG OF HONEY! 🍯 Let the sticky ...
05/09/2024

A great harvest this year!

Just sitting down to jar the crop and the weigh in occurred… 20KG OF HONEY! 🍯

Let the sticky and time consuming process of jarring and labelling begin! 🐝

If today’s inspection is anything to go by, it’s looking to be a bumper crop of honey this year! The girls have been wor...
21/07/2024

If today’s inspection is anything to go by, it’s looking to be a bumper crop of honey this year! The girls have been working extremely hard! 🐝

Who’s looking forward to some Black Country Honey this year? 🍯

What a busy period it’s been! I hope you’re all keeping well?Swarms have been crazy this year! I personally ran out of e...
18/07/2024

What a busy period it’s been! I hope you’re all keeping well?

Swarms have been crazy this year! I personally ran out of equipment a couple months ago and yet more and more swarms are being reported. Seems the weather is not only messing us humans around! More information on swarms and reporting them here 👉🏻 https://www.bbka.org.uk/pages/category/swarm-removal

I’ve also recently began mentoring a fellow beekeeper and given them their first nuc to start their venture with… this has resulted in their husband getting involved, which has resulted in their children and now grandchildren getting the bug too! It’s an amazing experience to be able to share the hobby I’m so passionate about with others.

As the season is nearly drawing to a close, over the next month or so we will begin to look at harvesting the excess honey! Which means soon after the honey will be back in stock. Keep an eye on the page to know when it’s back in! If you purchased some honey from me this year, it would be amazing if you could leave a review on the page 🐝

Photos recently! Firstly is a picture of eggs in the bottom of cells, with pollen at the top of the photo accompanied by some nectar (the shiny liquid). Photo two is of some comb that the bees built between frames and filled with honey/nectar! You can see the walls of the cells and just how much they’re able to store. Photo 3 is of my mentee having a go at inspecting one of my nucleus colonies. She did a brilliant job!

Finally got round to jarring the honey! £6 for a 227g jar Only 39 available! 🐝
12/05/2024

Finally got round to jarring the honey!

£6 for a 227g jar

Only 39 available! 🐝

We’re still here! 🐝 I got a little snowed under with not being well, uni work and then starting placement, but I’m still...
29/09/2023

We’re still here! 🐝

I got a little snowed under with not being well, uni work and then starting placement, but I’m still here!

Whilst I’ve been a little quiet on here, the bees haven’t been taking a break!

I’ve rescued two colonies recently, both from people who took the time to report them and arrange a convenient time for me to come and remove them and take them back to my apiary.

Pics below of the colonies! They’re both happy in the apiary now, the next worry is hoping they survive the winter!

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