COP26 Glasgow kick starts this week... For the next 2 weeks, more than 190 world leaders and thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens will come together in Glasgow to...

As a beekeeper, a really common question I get asked is “but where do you get the honeybees from in the first place?” It’s an important question because sadly honeybees don’t...

Katie, our resident beekeeper, was the UK's first beekeeping apprentice. After two years she's now graduated to become our resident bee keeper. We caught up with her to find out from...

Where honeybees live Over time the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) became domesticated in Europe for honey production and crop pollination, and this domestication of the species became possible with...

Are honeybees protected? If a species in the UK is protected then that means that by law this species cannot be harmed. Such species include bats, badgers, otters and wild birds....

Where do honeybees store their honey? Honeybees store their honey in the small hexagonal cells that make up comb. Comb is made of beeswax which the bees secrete from glands...

Candles without paraffin wax are hugely in demand. This is due mainly because of two different movements happening in there UK and around the world. Firstly the move in recent...

Why are beeswax candles better? As you might guess from the name, beeswax is produced by bees and more specifically, honeybees! Bees produce wax from wax glands in their abdomen....

How do bees make honey? There are a few different stages involved in the honey making process and it all begins with the symbiotic relationship between honeybees and plants. Plant species...

What are beeswax candles? Beeswax candles are candles made from a wax that is produced by honeybees. They come in many different forms – rolled, hand-dipped, moulded and are a completely...

Many people ask us if other insects make honey. Do wasps make honey? Do hornets make honey? And most commonly, do bumble bees make honey?

We are often asked if bees are endangered or going extinct in the UK. With the increasing climate crisis meaning loss of natural habitat across the board for all wild...

One of the most asked questions on the topic of bees and honey... Why do bees make honey? Surely they don't make it purely for us? Well the answer is...

What on earth do you do when a bee stings you? Hopefully we can give you some ideas!  There are many animals that sting including wasps and hornets, and others whose...

Pollinators and their importance Since starting my apprenticeship I have been asked on numerous occasions – how effective are honey bees as pollinators? The answer is not black and white...

Different ways to plant your wildflower seeds You’ve received a small pack of wildflower seeds with your Scottish Bee Company gift but what next? Our apprentice and garden lover Katie is...

The Scottish Bee Company is a new Scottish honey brand with a passion for our little friends, the faithful honey bee. On a mission to encourage the numbers of Scottish...