Pipers Honey Farm produce Pure Natural English Honey, based in Froxfield Hampshire. Pipers Honey Farm started in 1982 with just 2 hives of bees. Since then they have grown their business to encompass all sorts of honey items including; fudge, a range of honey mustards, honey marmalade, soaps and boxed candles along with honey in glass jars, like this Hampshire Runny Honey.

We have a large selection of Honey, preserves, jams and chutneys in store sourcing as local as we can get, we prefer quality over quantity.

HOW HONEY IS MADE

Why do bees make honey?

Honey bees collect nectar to create honey and store as food. It provides the energy for bees’ flight muscles and provides heating for the hive in the winter. Fortunately, honey bees will make more honey than the colony needs and it is necessary for beekeepers to harvest the excess, which they bottle.

Made Naturally by Nature

From Bee

Honey starts as flower nectar collected by bees. Its then broken down into simple sugars stored inside the honeycomb. The design of the honeycomb and constant fanning of the bees’ wings causes evaporation, creating sweet liquid honey. Honey’s color and flavor vary based on the nectar collected by the bees. For example, honey made from orange blossom nectar might be light in color, whereas honey from avocado or wildflowers might have a dark amber color.

To Hive

On average, a hive will produce about 55 pounds of surplus honey each year. Beekeepers harvest it by collecting the honeycomb frames and scraping off the wax cap that bees make to seal off honey in each cell. Once the caps are removed, the frames are placed in an extractor and a centrifuge that spins the frames. This forces honey out of the comb.

To Home

Once the honey is extracted, it is strained to remove any remaining wax. Some beekeepers and bottlers might heat the honey to make this process easier, but that doesn’t alter the liquid’s natural composition.

After straining, it’s time to bottle, label, and bring it to you.