27.03.2024
Wildflower borders at the Haggs Farm Business Park on the Rudding Estate
Oakbeck Bees, owned by prize winning Beekeeper Sarah Haynes, are now flying over the fields, woodlands, and Business Parks of the Rudding Estate, and Sarah is already winning prizes for their lovely honey and honeycomb.
Recent changes to our farming practises, to make them more nature friendly, which include reducing agrichemical inputs, introducing herbal lays to our grazing fields and planting wildflower borders and insect friendly schemes in our Business Parks, have all contributed to a much more bee friendly and attractive environment and this is now resulting in a harvest of lovely award winning honey from the Oakbeck Bees.
We were delighted when Sarah joined us on the Rudding Estate and that she then went on to scoop six awards for her Rudding Estate honey and other honey products at Honey Shows in Harrogate and Lancashire last year and we wish her another fabulous year in 2024.
Oakbeck Bees Honey scoops the awards at the 2023 Honey Show, including six prizes for Rudding Estate Honey!
Sarah, now a trainee BBKA (British Beekeepers Association) Honey Show Judge, has also been invited to attend the Honey Sensory Analysis Course in Bolgna, Italy this summer, which is a great honour and the first step on her way to becoming a 'Honey Sommelier'. Honey is considered a major food group and has a somewhat higher profile in gastronomic circles in Italy hence the requirement for the important role of the honey sommelier.
Sarah will need to attend three courses in total to gain that exciting and very exclusive accreditation, so it may be a while before we can celebrate that with her. However Sarah will be fundraising to cover some of the courses associated costs and will be hosting beekeeping talks, wax workshops, bake sales and attending spring fayres in order to raise awareness of the role and the much needed funds. She will also be selling her wonderful honey!
We will keep you posted with information about Sarah's sales and events but in the meantime if you wish to place an order for Rudding Estate Honey with her you can contact her by:
Phone:07733346839
Email:oakbeckbees@gmail.com
Follow her on Instagram at haynes_sarahj
First prize at the Lancashire & Northwest Beekeepers Association Honey Show