Honey from bees kept in a back garden, near Pickering, North Yorkshire (August)

Three jars left. That's it for this harvest.

Stephen's bees live in a garden near Pickering in North Yorkshire, overlooking the old hunting grounds of Pickering Castle — and this August harvest produced just 263 jars of something rather special. Pale, shiny and smooth, with a bright citrus flavour that lingers like a lemon lozenge long after the spoonful is gone. Lovely on toast, wonderful stirred into yoghurt or porridge, and the kind of honey that makes you stop and actually pay attention to what you're eating. The kind of extraordinary honey that people who thought they knew what honey tasted like just love discovering.

What makes it even more remarkable is that the same bees, in the same garden, produced a completely different honey in May — warm toffee notes, solid texture, perfect for spreading. Same hives, same beekeeper, three months apart, and barely any resemblance between them. That's what raw, small-batch honey actually is.

Stephen is a large animal vet, spending his days looking after farm animals across the Yorkshire countryside. Beekeeping came in 2015 when a friend gave him a swarm to look after — and what started as one gift has grown to around 11 hives dotted around his garden. Bees suited him immediately. You sense that someone who spends his working life reading animals finds the same satisfaction in reading a hive.

The details

• Limited edition: 1 of 263 jars — only 3 remaining
• 224g / 8oz
• Stephen's story on the label — name, location, harvest date and number of jars produced
• The perfect "saw this and thought of you" gift — while there's still time
• Packed in Yorkshire hay | British-sourced jars and labels

Delivery Free delivery on orders of £25 or more — two jars takes you there. Sent 2nd class tracked with Royal Mail. 

Our beekeepers Every beekeeper we work with is someone we've visited — to walk their land, meet their bees, and understand what makes each harvest distinct. All of them are committed to the landscapes their bees depend on, working to protect and enhance the natural habitats around their hives.