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Raw New Forest Wildflower Honey - Bucklers Hard, 250g Sale
- Regular price £8.50
Vendor: The Noble Bee
Type: Honey
Sku: SQ3519036
Bucklers Hard is a Georgian shipbuilding hamlet on the Beaulieu River - two rows of brick cottages running down to the water, where warships for Nelson's fleet were once built. Our hives sit in the orchard there.
The forage is unusually varied for a single site. Apple blossom from the orchard itself, lime trees, blackberry and a wide mix of wildflowers, plus something you'll rarely find in a British honey: sea lavender, which grows in profusion on the sedge land along the riverbank. That coastal element is what makes this jar different from anything else we produce.
Limited Harvest
Small batch, single site, one harvest. We take only what the colonies can spare and when it's gone it's gone until next season.
Single origin honey
Most British honey is pooled. A season's harvest from dozens of sites goes into one tank, gets blended to a consistent flavour and sold as one product. We do the opposite. Every apiary is harvested, extracted and jarred separately, and the label tells you exactly which one you're holding.
It's more work and it means we can never promise two batches taste identical. That's the point. Sea lavender growing on tidal sedge land is not a flavour you can build from a blend, and blending it away would throw out the only thing that makes local honey worth buying.
Raw Honey
Nothing is done to this honey between the hive and the jar except coarse straining to take out bits of wax. It is never heated, never pasteurised, never fine-filtered, never blended with anything. No additives, no syrups, nothing.
That matters because heat and fine filtration strip out the pollen, enzymes and aromatic compounds that give honey its character and its traceability. Honey with the pollen removed can't be traced back to where it was made. Ours can - down to a single orchard on the Beaulieu River.
Awards and press
Our single-origin New Forest honey has won multiple Great Taste awards, including a three-star award in 2023 - the only British honey producer to receive one that year. We're also a certified New Forest Marque producer, which means everything is grown, produced and packed within the New Forest.
The details
- 250g glass jar
- Raw, unpasteurised, coarsely strained only
- Single origin: the orchard at Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu River, New Forest
- Forage: apple blossom, lime, blackberry, sea lavender, mixed wildflowers
- Beekeeper: Simon Noble
- Ingredients: honey. Nothing else.
Looking after it
Raw honey crystallises over time. It's a sign the honey hasn't been processed, not a fault - in fact it's one of the easiest ways to tell raw honey from the pasteurised stuff, which is treated specifically to stop it happening. Stand the jar in warm water below 40°C and it will turn runny again. Store at room temperature, out of direct sunlight.
Raw New Forest Wildflower Honey - Bucklers Hard, 250g
£8.50
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Anonymous Equally fantastic.
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Siva S Hari My daughter loves it!! Lovely wildflower honey with a delicate floral flavour and just the right sweetness. Delicious drizzled over porridge or spread on toast- a lovely local treat from the New Forest.
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Kim Chapman Just fabulous and such a lovely company to deal with.
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Martin Hempel Floral and flavoursome. Soothing and healing. A really beautiful honey, delivered promptly (together with my heather honey), well packaged and with a handwritten...
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Debbie Kennedy Love the Noble Bee products. The most delicious honey, the best smelling candles and always beautifully packaged. Can not recommend highly enough and so...
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Frank Prowse Great flavour.
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Shaun King Excellent quality honey Excellent value
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Carolyn Pilkington Another delicious one
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Andrew Hickmott Always the best of the best with these guys. Best in the beeeeesines!!!! Thank you
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Joanne Nutt Fast delivery. Lovely produce. Great safe packaging. Will purchase again x
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Romola Devile Very yummy!
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Kevin Styles Delicious artisan honey from a company dedicated to providing the finest honey around. A first class service all round. Highly recommended.
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Anne Fox-Smythe Absolutely delicious -we often visit Bucklers Hard on holiday so perhaps we've met the bees !!I've never liked sweet things for breakfast but this honey has converted...
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Louise Shiels A friend bought me a jar of this particular batch and I loved it so much I ordered two more! All their honey is absolutely delicious but this is my fave - for now : ) Thank...
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David Thomas Love these guys for their ethics and the quality of their honey. Pure and natural and shipped to my door.
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Alec Griffiths Easy ordering and quick delivery, top quality produce, will definitely buy my honey from here from now on
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Wendy Doody A regular purchaser of Noble Bee. Unbelievable tasting honey, friendly and swift service. A friend visited and brought some of their own honey for me (which I had to...
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Denise Cole The only honey we will eat Delicious
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Colin Roke Saw the Bee on Country File. Found the website, impressed by the friendly, easy to use and informative way it is set out. Gave me the problem of which to try first. Th...
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Frank Prowse Top quality honey, delivered quickly.
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Valerie Gunson Easy to order, pick up and lovely friendly, and efficient staff. Delicious honey having difficulty picking my favourites . The grandchildren also love it and I think it's...
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Joshua Palmer Liquid gold
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Richard Barttelot Lovely honey! Would highly recommend.
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Wendy Doody As above
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Craig Baker Love The Noble Bee honey. They all have a different taste which is the best part.
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Scott Chessman The best honey around and Simon and Chloe are Fantastic. Highly recommend to anyone.
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Andrea Baldet This honey is amazing, and I will definitely be buying more, and also some as gifts for others to enjoy!
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Julia Barnes Ordering was easy. Delivery was quick. The honey is delicious. Best I have tasted in a while. Will order again. Very good service.
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Jo Johnson The honey from The Noble Bee is always delicious and this range is no exception. I found this Company online during our first COVID lockdown and have stayed with...
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Wendy Doody Absolutely delighted with my honey. Beautifully packaged, arrived promptly. Tastes so different from the supermarket products. Lovely thank you note from Simon made it all...
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Vicky. French French Delicious honey and great service thank you !
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