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At Knight’s Beekeeping

we exist to give everyone the opportunity to keep their very own honey bees at one of our apiaries (places beehives are kept!) across the UK.

Our team will tend to their everyday needs, leaving you to enjoy your very own honey, visit on Experience Days and take pride in helping us
restore biodiversity across the country.

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How it works

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Book a call or email Martin to discuss your needs and requirements, your location and the amazing benefits of owning your very own bees
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We build your hives, raise your bees and take care of their every need.
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Visit your bees on Experience Days, enjoy your very own honey and keep up-to-date with everything going on at your apiary!
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Why are bees so important?

As pollinators, bees enable our plants and flowers to reproduce and grow. This means they’re absolutely vital to our ecosystem, and without these clever little creatures we wouldn’t have the beautiful, natural environment we enjoy around us.

In the last 50 years, however, the UK has lost almost half of its natural biodiversity, with bee populations one of the species most severely affected. Habitat loss, disease and the use of toxic pesticides has seen a third of the UK’s honey bees lost in that time, with 24% of Europe’s bee species facing extinction. We believe it’s our duty to do everything we can to care for and protect these crucial bee populations for the good of our environment for generations to come.

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What are we doing to help them?

Our mission is to protect and restore honey bee populations, creating an interconnected network of flourishing apiaries across the country to pollinate the whole of the UK.

When you buy a beehive with us, you become part of a nationwide community working together to regenerate our country’s biodiversity.

We’re more than just a carbon offsetting programme designed to tick off businesses’ corporate social responsibility targets. We’re about creating real change and making a tangible difference to our environment that you can see, hear and feel all around you. But don’t just take our word for it, read this article on Helping Mission: Net Zero Achieve Carbon Neutrality In Hospitality for more information.

Our apiaries

Our apiaries are a haven for pollinators, set within acres of diverse countryside so your bees are able to fly freely and do what they do best.

A single honey bee can pollinate up to 1,500 flowers in a single day. Multiply this by the 60,000 bees that make up a typical active hive in the UK. Now consider that your hive is just one of many in that apiary alone, with many more spread across the country, and you’ll start to see the kind of impact you’ll be making.

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Meet the founder Martin Knight

Martin Knight started keeping bees after reading that local honey could help his daughter’s bad hay fever. More than a decade later, what started with a single hive in his garden became a full-time occupation, and in 2021 Knight’s Beekeeping was born.

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Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows… today is #worldmentalhealthday please check in with those people around you, today and everyday!!! Life’s hard and can feel like it’s getting harder at times. Take a minute to stop and look around, take in the moment, see the good no matter how big or small. we all need to feel the love and support from the people in our lives, be the one to start the being kind domino effect! Take care ❤️ #beekind #love #dominoeffect #loveeachother ...

September…. What a month! It seems like the summer ended and autumn began from one day to the next? Harvest time is such an incredible, momentous occasion… I’m always totally amazed by the results !!! #oneteamonedream #gratitude #sustainability #sustainableliving #teambuilding #september #employeeengagement #beekind #honey

September…. What a month! It seems like the summer ended and autumn began from one day to the next? Harvest time is such an incredible, momentous occasion… I’m always totally amazed by the results !!! #oneteamonedream #gratitude #sustainability #sustainableliving #teambuilding #september #employeeengagement #beekind #honey ...

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It’s coming… #honeyharvest #harvesttime #gratitude #fieldtofork #ourenvironment #sustainableliving #cantwaittotaste #liquidgold #honey ...

The commute to work for this lovely lot was somewhat different today, climb in and hold on!!! Whilst we all know that the bees are vital to our very existence, play a major role in the world’s food production and a vital cog in our biodiversity… what these lucky few from @hartnelltaylorcook learnt today was the pure joy of being outside, immersed in nature with colleagues and friends and how incredibly good this is for us and our wellbeing.  When I began this business a few years ago I hadn’t really legislated for how powerful these sessions would be and how the act of putting on some silly white suits, lighting a smoker and cracking open a few hives brings people together and creates happiness. Brilliant! Today’s gang were great fun, they all have!!! Here’s to many many more… #employeeengagement #employeeexperience #teambuilding #sustainability #nature #teamwork #happyatwork #values #purpose

The commute to work for this lovely lot was somewhat different today, climb in and hold on!!! Whilst we all know that the bees are vital to our very existence, play a major role in the world’s food production and a vital cog in our biodiversity… what these lucky few from @hartnelltaylorcook learnt today was the pure joy of being outside, immersed in nature with colleagues and friends and how incredibly good this is for us and our wellbeing. When I began this business a few years ago I hadn’t really legislated for how powerful these sessions would be and how the act of putting on some silly white suits, lighting a smoker and cracking open a few hives brings people together and creates happiness. Brilliant! Today’s gang were great fun, they all have!!! Here’s to many many more… #employeeengagement #employeeexperience #teambuilding #sustainability #nature #teamwork #happyatwork #values #purpose ...

Well the sun eventually arrived we went from 14* to 28*pretty much overnight. The bees are making up for lost time busying themselves hour after hour out foraging and pollinating the crops and hedgerows… so pleased to get almost a hundred people in suits this month, connecting people with nature and talking about the bees is such a joyful experience, I totally love these sessions!!! Makes me so happy that my clients care enough about their people to afford their employees the time off  to attend these, bringing people together, creating moments, as well as giving back to nature and the world we live in. Can’t wait for the August, hopefully the honey supers fill up and the weather is kind 🙏🏻 take care x #employeeengagement #happy #connectingwithnature #bcorpuk #bcorp #sustainability #beekind #teambuilding #impactreport #environmentallyconscious

Well the sun eventually arrived we went from 14* to 28*pretty much overnight. The bees are making up for lost time busying themselves hour after hour out foraging and pollinating the crops and hedgerows… so pleased to get almost a hundred people in suits this month, connecting people with nature and talking about the bees is such a joyful experience, I totally love these sessions!!! Makes me so happy that my clients care enough about their people to afford their employees the time off to attend these, bringing people together, creating moments, as well as giving back to nature and the world we live in. Can’t wait for the August, hopefully the honey supers fill up and the weather is kind 🙏🏻 take care x #employeeengagement #happy #connectingwithnature #bcorpuk #bcorp #sustainability #beekind #teambuilding #impactreport #environmentallyconscious ...

This is a beekeepers dream… rows of honey covered in beautiful white wax capping!!! Sad to admit but when I see this my heart skips a beat. The capping tells us it’s done, it’s perfect!!! Left in the comb and sealed like this the honey will last forever, it’s so pure it can’t go off or spoil… blows my mind. To think all of this honey has come from the fields, trees and flowers in the hedgerows from a miles around. All pollinated by those hard working bees. The mice and birds will be delighted when all the wild berries ripen later in the year. #gratitude #biodiversity #nature #fieldtofork #beekind #ukcountryside

This is a beekeepers dream… rows of honey covered in beautiful white wax capping!!! Sad to admit but when I see this my heart skips a beat. The capping tells us it’s done, it’s perfect!!! Left in the comb and sealed like this the honey will last forever, it’s so pure it can’t go off or spoil… blows my mind. To think all of this honey has come from the fields, trees and flowers in the hedgerows from a miles around. All pollinated by those hard working bees. The mice and birds will be delighted when all the wild berries ripen later in the year. #gratitude #biodiversity #nature #fieldtofork #beekind #ukcountryside ...

Ever so slowly but surely they are bringing it in… this weather isn’t helping but they’re determined little creatures. Surely better weather is just round the corner… surely? #prayforsun #ourenvironment #beethechange

Ever so slowly but surely they are bringing it in… this weather isn’t helping but they’re determined little creatures. Surely better weather is just round the corner… surely? #prayforsun #ourenvironment #beethechange ...

Sometimes I have to pinch myself… I love what I do so much, sure the weather is crap most of the time and things don’t always go to plan, evidently bees don’t read the same books as we do? But if it was all plain sailing then it would quickly become boring and dull. I genuinely feel lucky to do what I do, making a real difference to the people I keep bees for, helping the bees thrive not just survive and giving back to the beautiful planet we live on, connecting people to it so they care for it…. no two days are ever the same and I love that more than anything. I end this busy week feeling very grateful. #gratitude #bestjobintheworld #livingthedream #sustainability #ourenvironment #teambuilding #csr #employeeengagement #purpose #bcorpuk #biodiversity

Sometimes I have to pinch myself… I love what I do so much, sure the weather is crap most of the time and things don’t always go to plan, evidently bees don’t read the same books as we do? But if it was all plain sailing then it would quickly become boring and dull. I genuinely feel lucky to do what I do, making a real difference to the people I keep bees for, helping the bees thrive not just survive and giving back to the beautiful planet we live on, connecting people to it so they care for it…. no two days are ever the same and I love that more than anything. I end this busy week feeling very grateful. #gratitude #bestjobintheworld #livingthedream #sustainability #ourenvironment #teambuilding #csr #employeeengagement #purpose #bcorpuk #biodiversity ...

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