It's A Love Story
For 18 years, we have been providing wooden boxes for honey bees to live in. Minimal management or intrusion, with a very hands off, observation based, holistic, bee centric ethos. The knowledge we have built over the years gives us a wonderful platform to share our passions, understanding, and love for pollinators, but honey bees in particular.
The bees decide the direction and growth of South Street Honey. Our 10th Apiary has just been set up on commercial land in conjunction with STEF-Langdons. Our other apiaries are all based in Somerset from Wellington, to Glastonbury.
How it all began....
Many years ago, as a child, James's parents used to make family visits from their home in Seven Kings, Essex, to some friends in Salisbury, where John Boocock RIP kept a couple of hives of honeybees. From this point, James has been fascinated by nature, the great outdoors, and in particular honey bees. Fast forward to 2006, and James finally had the chance to take a course on basic beekeeping and buy his first colony of bees. The course, as predicted, didn't last very long for James, who found the very formulaic, pre-planned, almost clockwork teachings from books written decades ago not to his way of thinking. Preferring to learn from experienced keepers, James bought his first colony from Chris Harries, and today, at South Street Honey, that early curiosity has grown into a deep commitment to gentle beekeeping and producing raw honey from taunton for the local community.