We operate our beekeeping with high demands on sustainability and with the aim of the purest possible product result. This includes careful handling of the materials and knowledge of what bees do, how wax behaves and how honey reacts as a natural product.

Our honey is guaranteed only from our bees' own production and is not mixed with other honey. We do not use additional purchased honey; therefore, at some point our supplies may run out and we may have to wait for the new season. We may then recommend a beekeeper friend, but we do not sell other honey on our behalf (which would be legal to a certain extend).

So we always know how our honey was made. Honeys in the trade, for example, are often "mixed from EC and non-EC countries". Just pay attention to it. It doesn't have to be inferior honey. On the one hand, this means that the honey can come from almost anywhere and can be mixed in any possible way. Also, if you search the net, how beekeeping is done in other countries. Whether neonicotinoids may be used in agriculture or where - despite the ban that was initially passed - exceptions are generously granted, whether antibiotics are used or whether the honey is heated up for production and all 'good substances' have been destroyed. Terrible scenarios also come to light under the keyword 'Honeygate' in the search engines.

We only use perfect, residue-free (not only low residue) wax foundation as the basis in the honeycomb.

• new Honeycomb base  (the base on which the bees build up the honeycomb) are made with new, residue-free material.
  
• The fresh honeycombs in the honey chamber only stay there for 1 season. This means that honey is least affected by environmental influences.
• The honeycombs remain in the brood chamber for only one year and are melted down in the following year.
  
• We only purchase certified wax. It will be examined in advance and declared safe. A wax cycle made of own wax is also set up.
  
• Of course, this entails higher costs, but the honey remains 'clean'
  

Due to the type of  beehives we use, the queen can not enter into the honey chambers. This means that there is no brood in the honey room and therefore no residues from brood and brood cells.

Of course my wife Jane speaks to the bees in English because of her English origin. Whether you can taste it in the honey or if you do better in your English lessons after eating our honey remains to be seen and has not yet been scientifically proven :-)

The health of the colonies is very important to us. We have our bee colonies checked regularly by an expert from the Veterinary Office (bee expert and laboratory test).

We use a straight jar without a border. It has the advantage that there are no hidden edges and the content can be removed "to the last drop". This also ensures thorough cleaning. Both with us when it comes back as reusable glass and with our customers if they use the glass for their own purposes.

Beekeeping has developed into a part time business for us, based on a sound education and training with the beekeeping association or the bee institute in Kirchhain.

The most important thing the bees do is pollination. Beekeeping is not (yet) supported by support programs of the government. With the purchase of locally produced honey and other products from the beekeeper you also contribute to the pollination of the local nature. Because only if the local beekeepers have enough sales of the honey and honey products, they will raise more bee colonies. Because honey production is not scalable: more honey = more colonies = more work. Or you start beekeeping yourself. You can find more information under the heading do beekeeping yourself