Devon Moors & Coast honey · 1lb £1075 jars from the summer harvestReserve & collect
Bassitt's Bee Juice, made by bees

Pure honey from our bees in our garden

Learn

How a colony works

A honeybee colony is 50,000 insects acting as one animal. Here's how it does it, and what it finds to eat around Newton Abbot.

Play Hive Mind A living map of Newton Abbot. Thousands of bees scout, dance and recruit through a whole year. Zoom in to bee speed, plant flowers and watch the scouts find them. Play Hive Mind

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Bee basics

Six short guides, each a five-minute read.

  1. The colony
  2. A year in the hive
  3. The waggle dance
  4. From flower to jar
  5. Why honey sets
  6. Swarms

Explore

Forage calendar

31 plants our bees visit, and when each one is in flower. Pick a month to see what's out now.

Explore

Open the hive

Lift out the frames of a colony, one by one, from January to October. See the brood, pollen and honey, and try to find the queen.

  • Five months of the year
  • Find the queen, spot the eggs
  • Compare with photos of our frames

Kids & schools

Bees for young explorers

Short explainers for ages 7 to 11, and three free printable sheets with teacher notes.

  • Decode a waggle dance
  • Label a bee
  • How many flowers make a jar?