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What is raw honey? Cold processed anb coarse filtered
Our honey is made by real bees in the UK. It's never heated above hive temperature. It's unpasteurised. It's cold filtered using coarse sieves. We believe the word raw is a helpful term when it comes to honey and that is why we proudly display the term across all of our runny honey products.
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WHAT IS 'RAW' UK HONEY?
Raw honey is a hugely popular but subjective term. To some it means honey that is straight from the hive, with minimal tampering, filtering or excessive processing. We used the term unpasteurised but we now use the term raw.
IS ALL HONEY 'RAW'?
UK raw honey is a very subjective term and it could be argued that most honey produced by UK beekeepers is 'raw'. Cheap imported honey tends to be pasteurised, to improve shelf life, which reduces the health benefits of the honey.
IS 'RAW' HONEY GOOD FOR YOU
Unprocessed honey retains numerous enzymes, minerals and antioxidants. We strive to keep our honey as natural as it can be. We use a coarse/cold filtering method and limit any heating to the temperature within the hive.
RAW VERSUS PURE
Pure honey and 'raw' honey are used to describe the same thing - a honey that is unprocessed, coarse filtered and straight from the beehive. Our honey contains all of the natural enzymes that are present when the honey is in the beehive.
WHERE TO BUY 'RAW' HONEY
Most of the products on the Black Mountain Honey website will indicate that the honey is raw. Where we have heated the product above the temperature of the hive to create a smooth soft set product, we do not use the term raw honey.
What a beautiful product. The taste is like nothing I’ve tasted before. And the service is second to none. All in all a 5 star experience
Amanda Wright
Our pure honey is not only raw. But it is REAL.
We proudly use the term raw to sell our honey. We sell raw, pure, unpasteurised honey and offer an exclusive insight into our lives as actual beekeepers. You can watch the bees make the honey on our YouTube channel.
BUY OUR HONEY. WE PROMISE IT ISN'T RAW HONEY!
Pure, unpasteurised honey for sale
Black Mountain Honey is an award-winning, all natural, untreated, cold filtered, unpasteurised, Welsh wildflower honey.
Recently discovered Black Mountain Honey. What a terrific find! The Heather Blend is velvety in texture, sweet and flavoursome. Will be back for more.
Nigel Fowler
Our ordering process is simple
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Fast Delivery
We work as hard as the bees to get your orders to you ASAP. Queens/Nucs are sent via Royal Mail’s Special Tracked Next Day Delivery and all other orders are sent via a Tracked 48hr service.
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We don’t just deliver your bees and abandon you. We produce a wide range of videos to help you become a better beekeeper. We are always contactable by phone, email or WhatsApp.
Quality Products
Whether you want to buy queen bees or you are looking for nucs for sale, quality is everything to us. We don't cut corners! When you buy from us you get the very best honey money can buy.
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How To Make Natural Beeswax Firelighters From Old Brood Frames
Old brood frames and scrap beeswax can look like a horrible mess, but there is still a lot of value left in them. Once I have rendered out as much wax as I sensibly can, there is often a pile of darker, lower grade wax that I would never use for candles or cosmetics. Instead of throwing it away, I turn it into simple, natural firelighters. In this guide I will walk you through how I make beeswax firelighters using wood wool and recovered wax from old brood frames. This is not about fancy...
How To Render Beeswax Cappings Into Beeswax Blocks
Beeswax cappings are one of the nicest by products of extracting honey. They look and smell fantastic, they are usually much cleaner than old brood comb, and they give you some of the highest quality wax you will ever get from your bees. A lot of beekeepers scrape them off, let them pile up in a tub and never quite get around to dealing with them. That is a shame, because with a simple process you can turn those sticky cappings into clean wax blocks ready for candles, polishes or swapping in...
How I Time My Varroa Treatment Around A Cold Snap To Kill More Mites
Varroa is still the number one health threat to honey bees in the UK. You feel it in spring when colonies that looked fine in autumn come out weak, slow and virus ridden. One of the biggest improvements I have made in my own beekeeping is learning to time winter oxalic acid treatments around a natural brood break, instead of just picking a random date on the calendar. In this guide I will show you how I use the first proper cold snap as a trigger, apply a simple three week rule and then treat...
How I Light A Smoker Using My 3 Step Technique: Heat, Fuel And Cool
