East Yorkshire Honey Bees

23/09/2026

I’ll admit I took a bit of persuading to try making rolled candles…

However, now I’ve perfected them and added some different variations, I have to say I really love them!!

22/09/2026

👀 This fabulous rainbow of shades of gold is all the same batch of honey bottled today…

Quite often when people come to taste honey at our stall they pick up different jars from the display, not just the one on the top, thinking that they are lighter or darker honey in the jar 🍯

In fact it truly is just that the light shines through the top jar with nothing behind it and the lower jars stacked against each other appear much darker! 🫙

Come and see for yourself…
This weekend we are at a new Little Hummingbird Events event

Hessle Town Hall
Sunday 27th September
10.00am - 3.00pm

20/09/2026

Im definitely looking windswept!!!

The band has struck up though and it’s going to be a great afternoon 😀🧡🍯

19/09/2026

All ready at Beverley Market

Here 9.00 - 4.00

Come and see us 😀 🍯 🐝

18/09/2026

🔥 Burn tests complete ✅

The top 3 pictures show the candle after the wick has been trimmed and just lit at the beginning of each full hour test.

After 3 hours I compared the piece left with another full candle 🕯️

After lighting the final time it extinguished itself after 45mins

There had been no drips until this point and the candle melted evenly across the full diameter and so it passes ✔️

(Thanks to my friend at Wickseys for the stunning candle holder!)

17/09/2026

I couldn’t have said it better!

Autumn glow, naturally. 🕯️🐝🍂
Introducing our beautiful new range of handcrafted beeswax candles from East Yorkshire Honey Bees !
Pure beeswax burns cleaner and longer, giving off a warm golden flame and a subtle natural honey aroma.
✨ Seasonal shapes available now:
Cute pumpkins & ghosts 🎃👻
Sunflowers, lavenders & honeycombs 🌻
Beeswax tealights & bars of bees wax (perfect for cleanings and polishing!)

Add a cosy seasonal touch to your home or pick up a lovely local gift!💛

17/09/2026

Is size important? 🤔

When you’re talking about candle wicks the answer is definitely yes! 🕯️

This became a perfect example as this week I’ve been making new sizes of rolled candles and needed to do their burn tests before they can go on sale 🔥

In my excitement I forgot to trim the wick before lighting and you can see that it is too long 🤦‍♀️

Initially the flame hovers above the candle and then when it does begin to melt the wax the flame is too tall and the wick begins to curl over ❌

These pictures are taken in the first 15minutes so I stopped the test, let the candle cool, reduced the wick length to the recommended 0.7mm and stared again!!

Real results tomorrow and, as the tests are now looking promising, the new candles should be on sale at Beverley Market - Saturday 👍🏻

16/09/2026

👀 The Halloween candles are all added on our website 👻 🎃

👉🏻 https://www.eastyorkshire-honeybees.co.uk/products?category=22F24BFA-B271-4630-8ECE-CD3AC85EF747

Also available at Beverley Market this Saturday 😀

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15/09/2026

Beverley Market here we come!!

Exciting news…

We are booked onto our first

Beverley Market this weekend

Saturday 19th September

9.00 - 4.00

We’ll be bringing lots of lovely honey batches to sample, our seasonal range of beeswax candles and gift bags 😀

14/09/2026

When we say handmade beeswax candles we really mean it…

For our tea lights, we pre-dip the wick (called pickling), cut it into short lengths and then fix them into foil cups by hand before filling each one with melted beeswax.

I love to watch the way the colour changes as the wax cools and sets 🥰

Finally they are bagged in groups of 6, hand tied and labelled ready for sale.

Individually handmade with love and care from our home to yours