{"title":"Floral — natural floral notes from the flowers the bees visited","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"honey-from-wildflower-meadows-at-rotherfield-sussex","title":"Honey from wildflower meadows at Rotherfield, Sussex","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePale, delicate, with faint hints of apple and violet. The kind of honey you have to slow down to notice — and then can't stop thinking about.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eLight enough to sweeten tea without changing its flavour. Lovely enough to eat straight from the spoon when no one's looking. This is a honey that rewards patience — the flavours are there, but they're gentle, and they reveal themselves gradually rather than announcing themselves. One of the most quietly extraordinary things we've ever found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e236 jars from a wildflower meadow in Sussex. June. From bees that are, by any measure, among the luckiest in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJohn and Gayle's bees live in a wildlife haven: wildflower meadows sheltered by trees, overlooking fishing lakes that John created from farmland in the 1980s. Gayle's life work has been the meadows — planted and tended specifically to support pollinators, now home to an extraordinary range of plants, insects and animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBeekeeping came to John and Gayle via Gayle's legendary persistence — she gave John a beekeeping book every Christmas until he relented. Several years on, I love my visits: the landscape is as beautiful as it sounds, and catching up with them is always one of the highlights of my year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe details\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLimited edition: 1 of 236 jars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e224g \/ 8oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eJohn and Gayle's names, location, harvest date and jar number on the label\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSent 48-hour tracked with Royal Mail — two or three jars costs the same to post as one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hive \u0026 Keeper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42265731170475,"sku":"4090000SING2022ROT","price":12.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/8514\/9099\/files\/Rotherfield_2025.jpg?v=1772052805"},{"product_id":"honey-from-garden-dulwich-london","title":"Honey from a garden, Dulwich, London","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJammy and fruity, with an unexpected lift of orange that takes it somewhere completely its own.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSue's Dulwich and Tooting honeys both have the same jammy fruity flavour note, but this Dulwich July harvest adds a distinct orange citrus note that lifts the whole flavour somewhere unexpected. Dulwich is exactly the kind of London suburb that bees thrive in, and every foraging source finds its way into the jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e120 jars, taken off the hive on 5th July. Once they're gone, that's it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDulwich's leafy streets, mature gardens, allotments, parks and tree-lined avenues give Sue's bees an extraordinary range within easy foraging distance. Every one of those sources finds its way into the jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSue came to beekeeping through her father — his beekeeping store, with its smell of cedarwood hives and warm wax, is one of her earliest childhood memories. She spent most of her working life as a gardener and caretaker, keeping bees as a beloved hobby alongside it. Retirement has meant more time with her bees, and you can feel that unhurried care in every harvest she produces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe details\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLimited edition: 1 of 120 jars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e224g \/ 8oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSue's name, location, harvest date and jar number on the label\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSent 48-hour tracked with Royal Mail — free delivery on orders of £25 or more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hive \u0026 Keeper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42660410523819,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/8514\/9099\/files\/SueinDulwich.jpg?v=1747384177"},{"product_id":"honey-from-a-back-garden-lopcombe-hampshire","title":"Honey from a back garden, Lopcombe, Hampshire (August)","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eClover and fresh green foliage — a floral honey that goes somewhere unexpected, t\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe texture of clotted cream.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is the honey that makes people reassess what honey can actually be. Not fruity, not floral in the conventional sense — something greener, more vegetal, more unusual. The kind of thing you taste and immediately want to tell someone else about. Same beekeeper as the Kings Somborne honey, same area of Hampshire — but different hives, different forage, barely any resemblance between them. That's raw honey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJohn's garden hives at Lopcombe sit surrounded by pasture, trees, hedgerows and neighbouring gardens. John used to combine beekeeping with shepherding — raising lambs over winter before turning to the bees each spring. He has an engineer's mind that has never quite rested — the farm machinery he helped design in the 1970s is still working in the fields today. 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